RomiMarie Cantuccini

In Tuscany, a sumptuous dinner often ends with a glass of "Vin Santo". The sweet dessert wine is one of the many culinary highlights of central Italy. However, in many places it is not served in a tall wine glass. Instead, it is served in a low glass together with hard almond biscuits. These are then dipped with relish into the sweet wine. The small biscuits are called "cantuccini". The best-known biscuits from Tuscany are recently becoming increasingly popular north of the Alps as well. Instead of dipping them in wine, however, we tend to dip them into coffee. In some cafés, they are now served with cappuccino instead of amarettini.

Cantuccini are in Italy also known as "Biscotti di Prato". The Tuscan town of Prato is famous for its hard almond biscuits. "Biscotti" is the generic Italian term for biscuits. It was derived from the Latin "biscotus" (twice baked). In Italy, twice-baked biscuits already existed in ancient times. Among other things, they were part of the provisions of the Roman legionaries. In ancient Rome, the durability of these legionary biscuits was legendary. Pliny the Elder, one of the most famous scholars of his time, even claimed "that they would be edible for centuries". To improve the taste of the biscuits, almonds were stirred into the dough even back then.

After the fall of the Roman Empire, the biscuits of the legionaries were also forgotten. It would be almost 1,000 years before they were rediscovered during the Renaissance. Cantuccini have been among the classics of Italian cuisine since the early 20th century. To this day, the dough is rolled out into long strips - similar to the baguette - and cut into the characteristic angular pieces after baking. Because modern ovens are much more efficient than they were 100 years ago, nowadays the biscuits only have to be baked once. In addition, the 21st century cantuccini are also often refined with butter, honey and even chocolate. With the five varieties of cantuccini from RomiMarie, you can enjoy a crispy piece of Italy in the best organic quality.

RomiMarie Cantuccini Almond are wonderfully crispy and convince with the classic almond flavour. Enjoy these biscuit delicacies with a glass of Vin Santo or dip them into the milk foam of a cappuccino. While crunchy hazelnuts and sweet apricots replace the almonds in the Cantuccini Hazelnut Apricot, the typical flavour of the Cantuccini is accompanied by the Mediterranean sweetness of candied oranges in the Cantuccini Almond Candied Orange. The savoury-sweet Cantuccini Almond Dark Chocolate are ideal companions for a large cup of cappuccino or latte macchiato. The Cantuccini Pistachio White Chocolate surprise the palate with the delight of delicately melting white chocolate and roasted pistachio kernels. Experience a taste of your next Italian holiday with the RomiMarie Cantuccino.