My Mum’s Roman Jewish Cookies

Ginetti are another delectable traditional sweet bake from the Roman Jewish culinary repertoire. They can be bought at Boccione bakery in the Jewish quarter, however, my mum’s recipe (and she is quite renowned among friends and family for making the best ginetti) is a little different from the bakery’s. It includes nuts, cinnamon and orange zest. Her version, to me, has a flavour I would recognise among a million others. She used to make them once a year, just before Passover, usi