Delizioso Desserts: Brigidini

Brigidini
/bridʒidini/

Noun m pl. (singular: brigidino?)

1. Thin crunchy golden wafers mildly flavoured with aniseed, originating from Lamporecchio, Tuscany.

Mmmm..

 

I tried these during the first few days of being in Italy, and they're looovely. Probably not to everyone's taste, as aniseed is one of those love-it-or-hate-it flavours but brigidini isn't half moreish.

They're so light and melt in the mouth you feel like you're not really eating much, just a sweet taste and a delicious flavour. And it'd be super easy to eat a whole bag. *ahem*

Brigidini sfusi are the broken pieces of wafer, sold in a big clear plastic bag from most supermarkets. There are many stories of where they came from, but one is that they were made by a nun in a Saint Brigida convent in Lamporecchio when she was trying to make conventional wafers and failed - resulting in Brigidini.

They can now be found at fairs and festivals all over Italy, and supermarkets (clearly Carrefour).

And they're proper delizioso.