Have you ever wondered what the origins of Halloween? I decided to talk in this post, so to leave ideas of liberty ... And in conclusion I will leave you a recipe, which you can also use this occasion to celebrate! The Halloween party is a celebration of pre-Christian origin, now typically American and Canadian, which is celebrated on the evening of October 31.
In Europe, this feast was spread with the Celts. The Celts celebrated their New Year on Nov. 1, formally ended when the hot season and started the season of darkness and cold. The Samhain festival was dedicated to a deity, Lord of Death and the Prince of Darkness.
In the evening all households, were extinguished and rekindled by the Druids who went from house to house with torches OILSTONES from the sacred bonfire Tlachtga located near the Royal Hill of Tara .
The Celts did not fear for their dead and left their food on the table as a sign of welcome for those who did visit the living. Hence the custom of trick-or-treat (in Italian "trick or treat?").
Christianity tried to eliminate the ancient pagan holiday by giving them a different connotation (integrated or demonizing). However, the worship of Samhain was not eradicated. The Church introduced a new holiday: November 2, All Souls' Day, dedicated to the memory of the souls of the missing, who were feted by their loved ones, masquerading as saints, angels and devils and lighting bonfires.
In English it is called All Hallows All Saints 'Day; the eve of All Saints Day, ie 31 October, is called All Hallow' Eve . These words have become the first in Hallows' Even , and from there to Halloween the step was short.
Interesting, is not it?
Now, as I promised, here is the recipe for Sweet of the dead, also called bones of dead .
Ingredients:
100 or 100 g of almonds or mixed nuts
80 g of icing sugar
3 tablespoons Passito di Pantelleria or other fortified wine
2 tablespoons of flour
1 whipped egg white
toasted in a frying pan and seasoning without the 2 / 3 of the almonds, mince them and put them in a bowl then add the remaining wine and icing sugar .
Whisk the egg whites gently and combine Almond (stirring from the bottom up not to take it apart) and it, delicately, flour.
Put a sheet of baking paper on the plate of oven and distribute the mixture in small spoonfuls spaced about 2-3 cm .
Bake at 130 degrees for 40-50 minutes. They have to take on color.
bake at 100 degrees for 1 hour 1 hour and a half until they become hard (they dry rather than cook).
Another 'idea :
- Cookies "dead bones" are present almost everywhere in Italy and the names are assigned from north to south like the recipe that I have proposed here is typical of some parts of Vercelli and Novara.
ingredients, which may also vary slightly from area to area, are: wheat flour, almonds and / or nuts, sugar, egg whites and flavorings.
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