affuca parrinu

/ahf-FOO-kah pahr-REE-noo/
[Italian]

"Priest stranglers." Why do so many pastries and pastas in Italy translate as choking or strangling the priest?1 This version is a Sicilian biscuit (US: cookie) which is hard and dry and best dipped into some liquor or coffee to soften it up.

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