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ciciu 'd capdan

New Year's brioche biscuits

Sweet bread figures (pupazzi) decorated with coloured sugar and given to children on New Year's Day

Also known as bragton, cicho sucrà, culumb, pritin, galucio or buàta in different parts of Piedmont.

Biscotti

Piedmont

Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

Image by betulla