Name: Papassinas (Sardinian Iced Cookies)
Yield: Serves 10 to 12
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 300 g/11 oz/generous 1½ cups caster/superfine sugar; 500 g/1 ¼ lb/4 ¼ cups plain/all-purpose flour; 2 egg whites; 15 ml/1 tbsp coloured sugar sprinkles; 250 g/9 oz/2 ¼ cups blanched chopped almonds; 200 g/7 oz/generous 1 cup lard or white cooking fat, softened; 250 g/9 oz/2 ¼ cups chopped walnuts; 150 g/5 oz caster/superfine sugar; 4 eggs, beaten; 5 ml/1 tsp baking powder; 250 g/9 oz/scant 2 cups raisins or sultanas/golden raisins, soaked for 20 minutes in warm water and drained; 200 g/7 oz/scant 2 cups pine nuts; 115 g/4 oz/2/3 cup finely chopped candied orange peel

Preparation info

Serves
10 to 12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Italian Regional Cookbook

By Valentina Harris

Published 2017

About

These deliciously nutty, fruity little cookies are another speciality of picturesque Sardinia and go perfectly with a glass or two of local Moscato wine or some strong black coffee. They contain a tasty mix of walnuts, almonds, pine nuts, raisins and candied peel, and are traditionally coated with pure white icing, topped with pretty coloured sugar sprinkles. Throughout Sardinia you will find these local sweet treats on sale in all good bakeries and cake stores.