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Damascus kisses: at a glance
History
Although the paternity of the birth kisses is universally attributed to Tortona, another version supported by written sources, would like their birth in nearby Novi...Explore this chapter
Although the paternity of dama kisses is now universally attributed to Tortona, another version supported by written sources, would like their birth nearby Novi Ligure[4], at the hands of the pastry chef Augusto Manelli, who in the nineteenth century worked in the city at a laboratory where he would have baked the lady's kiss for the first time.[5] Manelli then moved to Tortona where he met Vercesi and Zanotti[6], which made the dessert famous, which is still today the subject of parochial "disputes" between the two nearby Piedmontese cities.[7]
Variations
Currently you can find several variants of this recipe. The most famous is undoubtedly that of Alassio, called kisses by Alassio, in which cocoa and...Explore this chapter
Currently you can find several variants of this recipe. The most famous is undoubtedly that of Alassio, called precisely kisses by Alassio, in which cocoa and honey are added to the biscuits. This variant was so successful that it was patented in 1919 by its creator Pasquale Balzola[8]. Even today they are produced according to the ancient original recipe of Balzola and his son Rinaldo (personal pastry chef of the King of Italy Vittorio Emanuele III from 1932 to 1938) and up to the present day.
Other variations of the dama kisses are the Turinese Umbertini, filled with chocolate[9], i Basin by Madama Racchia by Bene Vagienna, whose seal is a jam of apples and raspberries[10], and the baci di dama typical of the Lamezia Terme area, characterized by being half covered with a thin layer of dark chocolate[11].
Folklore
A legend wants the kisses of damascus to be born from the imagination of a cook at home Savoia in the fall of 1852 on request by Vittorio Emanuele II to taste a new...Explore this chapter
A legend wants the kisses of damascus to be born from the imagination of a cook at home Savoia in the fall of 1852 at the request of Vittorio Emanuele II to taste a new dessert. The product met with approval and since then it was served on the real boards of Italy and, later, of all Europe[12].
Notes
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- ^ DAMA BACI TORTONA, up Piemonte Agri Quality. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ Damascus kisses, up cibo360.it. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ Rosalba Gioffrè, Chocolate. New harmonies, Giunti Editore, 2005, p. 82, ISBN 88-09-04283-2.
- ^ Book of 1933 assigns the fatherhood of Dama's kisses to Novi Ligure, up The Press, 21 December 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Giovanni Guido, Italia1 arrives at Novi for the famous kisses of dama, up Panorama of Novi, 19 August 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Kisses by Dama Zanotti, up Pastry Zanotti, 12 January 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Liguria Food, Kisses from Liguria, up LIGURY FOOD, 10 June 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Balzola : Patent, up balzola1902.com. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ The delicious Piedmontese pastry that so much liked King Umberto I, up quipiemonte.it. Retrieved 30 October 2020 (archived fromoriginal url on 30 October 2020).
- ^ Dama's kisses, sweets born in Tortona who conquered the palate of Italians, up quipiemonte.it. Retrieved 30 October 2020 (archived fromoriginal url on 2 November 2020).
- ^ Giulia Cosenza, Baci di dama alla calabrese, a specialty of lametina pastry, up The glass of Ebe, 14 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ The Kisses of Dama, up AlessandriaNews. Retrieved 6 July 2017 (archived fromoriginal url on 4 March 2016).
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