
Quella del croccante è una ricetta semplice, che ha origini antiche. Sembra che già Pellegrino Artusi nel suo "La scienza in cucina e l'arte del mangiar bene" ne parlasse. Il croccante è indubbiamente una ricetta tradizionale.
Dolce tipico dell'Italia da nord a sud ma anche della Spagna e, più in generale, del bacino Mediterraneo (sembra fosse di derivazione araba). Il croccante è il dolce delle fiere e delle sagre paesane: non esiste banchetto che venda dolciumi senza almeno uno spazio dedicato a questa specialità fatta di ingredienti semplici, basilari come frutta secca e zucchero. Insomma, il croccante è il tipico dolce che si può fare a casa, in qualunque periodo dell'anno, la Domenica mattina, in famiglia.


Sweet typical of Italy from north to south but also in Spain and, more generally, in the Mediterranean basin (it seems to be of Arabic origin). The crisp is sweet of fairs and festivals: there is no feast that sells sweets without at least one space dedicated to this specialty made from simple ingredients, as basic as dried fruit and sugar. In short, crisp is the typical sweet that you can do at home, at any time of the year, Sunday morning, with your family.
Here it is, it's exactly how I would Involtini di Peperone be! Because if you ask me how I see my blog in three years certainly I will answer that I want it like a diary nice and as good as homemade crisp. A collection of short stories focusing on the food, the simple, traditional. Sunday lunches and snacks with friends, tasty appetizers and sparkling, and then dinners, those long and loud to celebrate family, with endless tables and supplied with all the delicacy that a small kitchen is able to churn, but even the most restricted, those that are more like an excuse to talk to those you care about, because there is no better way to resolve a conflict or to know someone who sit at the table together!
The table for me has always been the most powerful means of communication: how many different emotions run between the appetizer and dessert! At the table the minds relax and everything assumes all the right proportion. Just recently, simple ingredients, just like those of a crisp.
I wish my blog in three years will celebrate these moments, traditions because if it is true that mine is a personal diary then I want that my passion is all told, 100%.
Will it be easy? Of course not! All good things require dedication, care, time. I have to study, I'll have to learn the craft, of course I'll have to rearrange my approach and the contents. And then some more technical measure does not really hurt, right?
I take a little vacation, I want to lay the foundation for what Involtini di Peperone will be in three years time, I want to tell foodie adventures more tasty and appealing, I want to experiment more in the kitchen and around the world, I want to find products, workshops, taverns and places unique, unforgettable, those that make you feel at home even if you're miles and miles away! I want to prepare a new column in which to collect books, products (handmade or not), small and great tips unearthed here and there. I want it to be 100% me!
Happy holidays to all, see you before the end of the holidays!

Ingredienti
100g mandorle
80-90 zucchero
1 noce burro
Far tostare le mandorle in una padella e in un'altra scaldare lo zucchero. Unire allo zucchero le mandorle tostate e la noce di burro fino a che lo zucchero è totalmente sciolto e il composto si imbrunisce (attenzione! non deve bruciare!!). Infine stendere il tutto su un pezzo di carta forno e lasciare raffreddare.