Mustacciuoli
mustacciuoli also known mustaccioli mostaccioli pastry originating naples region italy usually served christmas time mustaccioli take form parallelogram consist soft spiced cakelike interior covered chocolate recent year many variation mostaccioli sold naples chocolate glaze may replaced white chocolate frosting icing sugar candied fruit mustaccioli often sold alongside neapolitan sweet including roccocò raffiuoli susamielli struffoli christmas time neapolitan mostaccioli mentioned bartolomeo scappi personal cook pope pius v part pranzo alli xviii di ottobre october lunch term mustacciuoli derives latin mustaceus prey various paretimologies say derives latin mustum linked use must ancient recipe sweetener others mustax type laurel originally mustaceum wedding cake wrapped bay leaf gave aroma cooking hence proverb loreolam mustace quaerere look uselessly focaccia burnt bay leaf another origin could derive ancient greek μάσταξ mástax mean morsel similar μαστάζω mastázō mean chew eat nzuddha version calabria mustazzoli version salento medium related mustacciuoli wikimedia common neapolitan cuisine list italian dessert pastry