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BISCOTTI DI PRATO OR CANTUCCI DI PRATO
The original and real cantucci are large, dry cookies made with flour, water, salt, olive oil, sugar and flavoured with aniseed. They’re cooked in loaves then sliced and toasted.
These cookies are part of the traditional and poor desserts similar to ciambelle al mosto and maritozzi marchigiani. These cantucci were the pride and joy of the famous Antonio Mattei bakery and to this day the antique sign from the 1800’s above the storefront states ‘fabbricante di cantucci’ (cantucci makers).
The misinterpretation between the two types of cookies is recent and probably due to the loss of interest in the original cantucci after the Second World War when the richer and more robust biscotto di Prato made with eggs, almonds and hazelnuts became popular.
