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cialda

wafer

Cialde are flat wafers or thin waffles, cones or baskets used in desserts. In Sicily they make big ones called ciarduna (or cialdoni).

Cialda also means the wafer-shaped paper packet of coffee used in home espresso machines.

Desserts and pastries

Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

Image by Chiara Faggella