'Titina' Gift Box

Gift Box with Prato Biscuits, Mantovana Easter Cake, small round Barbero Hazelnut pralines and Vinsanto

• Description

  The "Titina" gift box offers a range of Biscottificio Mattei products.
  Contains 500 g of Prato Biscuits, a Dove-shaped Mantovana cake, Santa Cristina Vinsanto (500 ml) and a tin of mixed Barbero chocolate eggs.
  
  Prato Biscuits are prepared with flour, sugar, free-range eggs, almonds and pine nuts, they do not contain preservatives, animal fats or vegetable fats.
  
  La Mantovana is a soft and fragrant cake made with butter, fresh free-range eggs, flour and sugar, covered with chopped almonds. It does not contain yeast.
  Just like a homemade cake, it is best enjoyed within the first few days of being baked and in any case within the recommended dates.
  In this case the dough is poured into a dove-shaped mould and sold exclusively in the days preceding Easter.
  
  Santa Cristina Vinsanto has an intense yellow color, hints of toasted hazelnut, honey and apricot on the nose. Full-bodied on the palate, with notes of honey and dried fruit, it is a long and smooth wine with an intense finish of chestnut flour and hay.
  
  Barbero round pralines are made with a toasted Piedmont whole hazelnut covered in extra dark chocolate and small sugar sprinkles.
  Tasty and crunchy.

• History

  Prato Biscuits - also commonly known as almond cantucci or cantuccini - are part of the Tuscany confectionery tradition and are perfect after a meal paired with Vinsanto.
  
  Since 1858, our biscuits have been baked daily and packaged by hand one by one, in the classic Blu Mattei bag.
  
  In 1875 two nuns from Mantua, during a pilgrimage to Rome, were hosted by Antonio Mattei: to thank him for the hospitality, they gifted him the recipe for this cake which takes its name from their city.
  Antonio Mattei made his own version of this recipe, the one still on sale in our stores, and also celebrated by Pellegrino Artusi in his famous 1891 book 'Science in the kitchen with the art of eating well'.
  
  The first vintage of Santa Cristina Vinsanto was produced in 1946 by Marquis Niccolò Antinori.
  
  The Antinori family has been dedicated to wine production for more than six hundred years: since 1385 when Giovanni di Piero Antinori became part of the "Arte Fiorentina dei Vinattieri", the Florentine Winemaker's Guild.
  
  Easter represents always a moment of vital importance for the Barbero company, which produces eggs of all sizes, bells, little bells and eggs to satisfy all needs.

• Sizes
  Width

  35 cm

  Height

  13 cm

  Depth

  34 cm
• Notes

  Weight 3.1 kg with external shipping packaging.
  Fresh biscuits, without preservatives, like the homemade ones; we recommend you to enjoy them within 12 days from production, the date is printed on the label.