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torcetti

buttery biscuits

Made with yeast and glazed with sugar and a melt-in-your-mouth texture, torcetti can be sweet sticks 'grissini' style in Aosta. In Piedmont, they are called torcèt and shaped like skinny horseshoes, and designated PAT.

Biscotti

Piedmont

Valle d'Aosta

Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

Image by F Ceragioli, Creative Commons License