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zaletti

Venetian cornmeal and currant biscuits

One of the most popular items in Venetian pasticcerie: yellow (the name comes from zálo, the Venetian word for 'yellow') round or diamond shaped biscuits, with a shortbread consistency and studded with currants (or sometimes raisins and/or pinenuts). Great for dunking in coffee or grappa.

Also spelled zaeti or zaleti

Biscotti

Veneto

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