Ricciarelli

A legend tells that it was the knight Ricciardetto Della Gherardesca who first introduced these sweets to Tuscany on his return from the crusades to his castle near Volterra. They reminded him of the shoes with the curled toe typical of Middle Eastern footwear, hence the name Ricciarelli “curled up”.

An exquisite traditional Tuscan Christmas specialty with soft almond paste base enriched with honey and grated candied orange peel. The Scapigliati production process makes this traditional Tuscan biscuit softer and fluffier.

Ricciarelli biscuits are perfect as a dessert paired with a cup of hot tea or Tuscan Dessert wine.

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In 1926 Dante Scapigliati opened his pastry shop in Florence, thanks to his expertise in the art of baking biscuits and pastries. He gained his experience during the years spent at the “Digerini e Marinai” pastry shop.

Due to the growing biscuit demand, Dante’s son, Giorgio, had to work on finding a way to both maintain the quality of the products and meet the needs of higher demands. He achieved this goal by designing machineries that exactly reproduced the “manual way of making”.

In the 1970s Biscottificio Scapigliati soon became a well-known producer of Cantuccini in Tuscany. Thanks to new machineries, Giorgio Scapigliati was able to develop greater production capacity, while maintaining artisanal quality of products. Thus, the company acquired new customers also on the large- scale retail channel both in Italy and abroad.