Refreshing Italian Treat

For my Italian leave this year, I have decided to reside with a foster family to get to know the Italian culture much better. During my two-week stay in Venice, I have remarked many delightful things about the Italian people, customs, and food. Speaking of food, I found an Italian desert, which eventually became a cherished sweets of mine Italian dessert that I wish for called amaretti.

The amaretti are little cookies that taste a little bitter, but are very tasty. These little cookies are best eaten after being dipped in plain red wine. Amaretti are made from a mishmash of flour, eggs, sugar, and almonds with powdered sugar crystals on top. I have learned that amaretti has a fascinating story associated to it. Legend has it that the amaretti cookies were first made by a doughboy with his fiancee as a hospitality give away to the Cardinal of Milan. The lovers made use of the small amount of baking ingredients they have to come up with small chewy cookies. The Cardinal cherished the miniature cookies and soon many people asked for the biscuits. Since then, this Italian dessert has become a stable preference in dining tables. The sweet yummy taste of amaretti has become so reputable not only to the Italian, but to people all over the world as well.