Soft Amaretto cookies by Matilde Vicenzi are elegantly packaged in a uniquely designed gift tin, making them perfect for gifting and sharing with guests. Many Italian artisanal brands like Vicenzi and other Italy’s beloved products can be found in our online Italian grocery store ! With over 115 years of experience, the Vicenzi brand still follows the philosophy of simplicity and quality while using fresh eggs and high-quality Italian wheat. The founder of Matilde Vicenzi, Matilde Vicenzi herself always loved creating pastries at home, and with the support from friends and family, she began her own pastry shop, which soon became popular throughout the region. Matilde Vicenzi is an artisanal family-owned bakery brand that started off as a small pastry shop, also known as pasticcerie, in 1905 in San Giovanni Lupatoto, Verona, Italy. With their signature bitter, sweet, and nutty flavor, these authentic Italian delights and a wide variety of other Italian classics such as Baci di Dama, ladyfingers, Cantuccini, and more can be found in our wide selection of Italian cookies ! Soft amaretti, also known as Amaretti Morbidi and crisp Amaretti di Saronno cookies, are naturally gluten-free biscuits that mainly consist of almond or apricot kernel flour, egg whites, and sugar. Named after the Italian “amaro,” meaning bitter in reference to the bitter almonds or apricot kernels they contain, amaretti cookies vary from soft to crispy.
Mainly made with finely ground almonds, egg whites, and sugar, each of these individually wrapped Vicenzi Morbido amaretti cookies is characterized by a chewy exterior and marzipan-like soft interior.Īmaretti cookies are one of the most classic Italian treats that were supposedly invented during the late Renaissance period, in the middle of the 17th century in Venice. When introducing new treats to the line, Vicenzi's artisans continue to remember their founder's emphasis on the small pleasures of life at home: enjoying sweet flavors with friends and family around the table.Īt Eataly, we love the story of Vicenzi almost as much as we love the family-run company's treats - especially the now iconic ladyfingers, which make the perfect base in our head pastry chef's recipe for tiramisù.Matilde Vicenzi soft Amaretto cookies are ideally-textured Morbido (meaning “soft”) biscuits that are nothing like the typical crunchy amaretti cookies, also known as Amaretti di Saronno. Bakers follow the original recipes that Matilde perfected in her kitchen all those years ago in fact, her original handwritten notebook is lovingly preserved in the company vault. Following her philosophy that simplicity and quality should rule in the kitchen, the family-run company sources the finest natural ingredients, from Italian wheat to farm-fresh eggs. These days, "Matilde" is an inspirational character who is still present in every step of the sweet operations at Vicenzi.
More than 110 years later, led by her grandson Giuseppe, Vicenzi creates artisanal treats that are celebrated across the world. The 39-year-old mother of two had always loved to create pastries at home, and with encouragement from family and friends - and a healthy dose of entrepreneurship - she decided to make the leap with her own pastry shop.įrom airy ladyfingers to cream-filled cookies, Matilde's homespun recipes quickly grew popular throughout the region and beyond. In 1905, Matilde Vicenzi opened a pasticceria in San Giovanni Lupato, a village near Verona in northern Italy.
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