Italian cookies covered in pine nuts
Pinolate () or pignolate () are a type of cookie originating in Neapolitan, Genovese and Umbrian cuisine. They are popular in all of southern Italy, and in Sicilian communities in the United States.
The cookies are light golden color and studded with golden pine nuts ("pinoli" in Italian). Made with almond paste and egg whites, they are moist, soft and chewy.
"Pinolate" are a popular Italian holiday treat, especially at Christmas. Because both almond paste and pine nuts are relatively expensive and these cookies use substantial amounts of both, it is a luxury food.
Being essentially an almond macaroon, "pinolate" belong to a type known as "amaretto".
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