MAIORCHINO

The Majorcan (or Moroccan) is the typical dessert of Ostra Vetere, a village in the hinterland of Ancona, production can be traced back to the early '900 and the origin of this product "comes from a mistake of the doses during the preparation of the pizza margherita, error that helped to give it the current shape, crushed and elongated."

In the early twentieth century, future brides used to present the trousseau to relatives and friends and, on that occasion, was traditionally served the Majorcan

• Time 1h 10min

  INGREDIENTS

  8 servings

  700 g flour

  500 g granulated sugar

  150 g grains of almonds

  9 eggs

  powdered sugar

  butter
  salt
  Proceeding

  Step 1 For the Majorcan recipe, mix the flour and granulated sugar with eggs, almond grains and a pinch of salt.

  Step 2 Cover a baking tray with baking paper and grease.

  Step 3 Roll out the dough in the baking tray and bake at 200 ºC for 25 minutes. Remove the Majorcan, let it cool, cut into slices and sprinkle with icing sugar.