Name: I Cavallucci (Tuscan Honey Cookies)
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1.5 ml/¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda/baking soda, or ammonium carbonate, if available; oil, for greasing; a pinch each of ground cinnamon, freshly grated nutmeg and ground coriander; 30 ml/2 tbsp fennel seeds; 200 g/7 oz/1 cup caster/superfine sugar; 115 g/4 oz/½ cup acacia honey; 115 g/4 oz/⅔ cup almonds; 115 g/4 oz/½ cup crystallised/candied citrus fruits, finely chopped; 450 g/1 lb/4 cups plain/all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Italian Regional Cookbook

By Valentina Harris

Published 2017

About

The Italian name of these little cookies literally translates as ‘little horses’, as they were once made for the riders and stablehands of the famous horse race, known as Palio, which is run in Siena twice a year. Over the years, the cookies gradually became so popular that they are now almost as well known, and certainly as typical, as the famous panforte di Siena, the hard, spicy, fruit-laden flat cake that also originates from the town. These cookies are wonderfully chewy and strongly fl