Recipes, Traditions · 13 Ottobre 2025
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Original Rame di Napoli with Maiorca Flour: A Sicilian Sweet You Must Try!
If you are looking for an authentic Rame di Napoli recipe and want to impress everyone with a deeply flavoured traditional sweet, you are in the right place! Learn to make genuine Rame di Napoli with Maiorca flour from Federica Genovese Sicily&Food, an ingredient that lends exceptional softness and unmistakable flavour.
Perfect for Sicily’s Feast of the Dead or an indulgent snack, this recipe takes you step by step through making these coated chocolate biscuits, decorated with chopped pistachios.
Learn how to make Rame di Napoli today: they are simple to prepare and the results are assured!
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Sift the flour, cocoa and baking powder.
Add the sugar, cinnamon and ground cloves.
Mix all the dry ingredients thoroughly.
Melt the butter in a bain-marie and let it cool slightly.
Add the lukewarm melted butter to the dry mixture, then incorporate the orange marmalade.
Dissolve the honey in gently warmed milk (the original text gives an unclear litre quantity here; use as much as needed).
Pour the milk and honey mixture into the dough and mix until creamy.
Shape the biscuits using two spoons and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper, leaving about 3 cm between them.
Bake at 180°C for a little over 10 minutes.
Melt the dark chocolate in a bain-marie.
Once the biscuits are out of the oven, dip the top of each into the melted chocolate.
Place the coated biscuits, base down, on a surface lined with baking paper.
Decorate the tops with chopped pistachios.
Refrigerate the biscuits for at least 3 hours to allow the chocolate to set again.
and enjoy your Rame di Napoli!
FEDERICA’S TIPS
Let the biscuits cool completely before dipping them in melted chocolate for a smooth, even coating. Sprinkle with chopped pistachios while the chocolate is still soft, then let it set. Make your Rame di Napoli a day ahead: the cocoa, citrus and spices will have time to develop a beautifully rounded flavour.
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