Canestrelli biscuits 150g

Drago Forneria Genovese's canestrelli are made following the recipe of the city's pastry shop and are characterised by the excellent and decisive presence of butter in the dough: this results in a typical shortbread with the right crumbly consistency and satisfying taste. They are a perfect dessert to accompany a cup of tea or to be presented with coffee, to take a treat at the end of a meal: before getting up from the table, even if you are full, you can always find a spot. Canestrelli are mainly paired with dessert and dessert wines.

What are canestrelli

Under this name fall many preparations (not only sweet) that in most cases are spread mainly in the area of Liguria and Piedmont (and their respective ancient areas of influence and trade). Even of Ligurian biscuits alone, however, there are many local interpretations throughout the region. The best-known Ligurian canestrelli are natural butter biscuits in the shape of a daisy or a cogwheel, with a hole in the centre (and on the surface there may be icing sugar); then there are, to name but a few examples, the Brugnato canestrelli (soft doughnuts flavoured with aniseed) or those from Levanto (made with lemon shortbread) to, in the extreme, those from Taggia, which are savoury.