bocconotto

/bohk-koh-NOHT-toh/
[Italian] plural bocconotti

"Big mouthful." Puff pastry shells with a variety of fillings such as bocconotti alla bolognese which has chicken livers, sweetbreads and truffles. In Puglia they are made in half moon shapes. In Abruzzo they are sweet, chocolate and almond sponge cakes, and they can also be sweet pastries filled with cream and jam (US: jelly) and flavoured with Marsala.

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