FOOD: Amaretti di Saronno

WHAT: It's simply an amazing cookie called Amaretti - or the longer proper name Amaretti di Saronno. Yummy.

WHY: How do you get that much flavor into a cookie? Why does it taste like almond when it's made out of three simple ingredients: sugar, 16% apricot kernels, and egg whites. Apricot kernels?? Really? Is it safe to eat apricot kernels, won't they kill you?

No.

But that's all that's in it? Yep. Yet with such a unique taste, the cookie was developed into a liquid version in 1851, which became the liqour Amaretti Lazzaroni. It's named after the Amaretti di Saronno cookie's family bakers, the Lazzaroni family.

Get yourself a din, and enjoy the simple elegance of a perfect cookie.

Maybe not the best deal around, but at least you can find them here:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000F92YMI/ref=pd_sl_aw_alx-jeb-9-1_gourmet_25352018_1

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