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castagnacci

flat chestnut cake

A flat cake made of chestnut flour, with raisins, orange zest, pinenuts, olive oil, sugar, and topped with pine nuts, raisins and rosemary; often eaten with ricotta.

Also spelled castignaccio.

Desserts and pastries

Tuscany

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