Torrone Sweet Torrone

Torrone: It is said that in 1441 in Cremona (Lombardia,) during the wedding of Bianca Maria Visconti and Francesco Sforza, the pastry chef at court played with a mixture of almonds, honey and white of eggs and he cooked the first “torrone”, a very special nougat shaped like the big tower named “torrione” located in Cremona mediaeval square…

…But the origins of torrone could be even more ancient: according to some old chronicles of the Roman times, some legionaries coming from the region of Cremona brought to imperial Rome the habit to finish the most sumptuous banquets with a particular sweet made of honey, almonds and white of egg.

Torrone has become one of the most typical Italian Christmas sweets and it is still today highly appreciated.

The cremonese torrone is a hard nougat, if you want to taste it better let it rest in the freezer a few minutes before eating it !

contributed by Elena Piccioni Target Turismo

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