Photo: Me, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Italy
About this dish
Pignolata is a Sicilian pastry originating in the city of Messina. It is a soft pastry, covered in chocolate and lemon-flavoured syrup or icing. This pastry is half covered or iced in one flavouring and the other half in the other flavour, which hardens when the pignolata is ready to be served. Each pastry serves several people, and is meant to be cut into small pieces when served. In Sicily, this dessert was made for Carnival, the last celebration before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.
Description: Wikipedia — Pignolata, CC BY-SA 4.0
No recipe yet
Cooked this dish before? Share the first recipe.
Community recipes
No community recipes yet.
Sign in to share recipes, rate and comment.
Share your recipe for Pignolata di Messina PAT
More dishes from Italy
View all
RecipeCaesar saladSalad of romaine lettuce and croutons
RecipeOssobucoLombard dish
Apple strudelApple-filled pastry
ArancinoTraditional Italian dish
Bolognese sauceSauce
Bread rollSmall, usually round or oblong individual loaf of bread served as a meal accompaniment
BruschettaItalian dish
Cabbage rollHalf-meat dish of cabbage leaves with a filling from Central and Eastern Europe