What do one of the most established butcher shops in Dublin and a first class cafe have in common? A robust passion for good food and… the same address!
Higgins Butcher is not a new discovery for those dubliner foodies who are particularly careful about their supplier. Well, you need to know that Higgins Butcher has added a new string to it’s bow.
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The Chiacchiere, of course! In Ireland you have just celebrated Pancake Tuesday. In Italy… well, we go big with Carnival!
From last Thursday to yesterday in Italy everyday was a “Fat Day”. Fat Thursday, Fat Friday and so on… until the Fat Tuesday, or Martedi Grasso or Mardi Gras, like the French say.
Traditionally, these are Carnival days, those ones which precede the Lent and (in order to not to die of starvation during the following 40 days) you indulged in a lot of fried and fat foods. Most of them are sweet.
Pistachio cookies, aka paste al pistacchio, are a quick traditional Sicilian treat for those who have a sweet tooth.
Together with almond biscuits they are the typical sweet biscuits of eastern Sicily (pistachio nuts and almonds grow particularly well on the land near to the Mt Etna volcano, where the soil is enriched with lava).
If you have ever traveled in the Middle East or in Northern Africa you will find some similarities with some typical desserts of this area of the world.
It’s not a coincidence.
