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bicciolani

spicy biscuits from Vercelli

Made in Vercelli since the days of the Italian Renaissance, these biscuits combine wheat and corn flour, eggs, coriander, cinnamon, white pepper and cloves. Singular bicciolano or biciolan in Piemontese. Designated PAT.

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