Almond Meringues

This is another almond recipe for Eastertime, when the almonds are fresh. I remember my aunties make bianchini: as they had no electric mixers, not even a whisk, they’d whip the mixture using two forks, passing the bowl between them as each one tired. All the kids watched and waited, hoping to get a chance to lick the bowl. After lunch, my aunties would cook these in the wood-fired oven, which my father had lit the day before. By lunchtime the next day the temperature would be right;