{"id":895,"date":"2021-02-19T17:27:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T16:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/btaly.it\/ugly-but-good-cookies\/"},"modified":"2022-06-30T17:21:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T16:21:38","slug":"ugly-but-good-cookies","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/btaly.it\/en\/ugly-but-good-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"UGLY BUT GOOD COOKIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The Ugly but Good cookies<\/strong><\/em>, in Piedmontese dialect known as, \u201cbrut e bon\u201d, as suggested by their name, are a misshapen, traditional cookie.<\/p>\n<p>Appearances aside, they are undoubtedly a delicious sweet treat thanks to their simple ingredients, which include: hazelnuts, sugar and egg whites. These ingredients are used in specific amounts and in a delicate balance, which gives these sweets a crunchy consistency and a delightful flavor, all the while simple and genuine, like a midafternoon snack from your grandma\u2019s kitchen.<br \/>\nDespite its distinctive Piedmontese name, the birth of this cookie, though undoubtedly of Italian origin, is contested between two regions: according to certain sources, they were created in 1878 in Costantino Veniani\u2019s pastry shop in the Lombardy region in the town of Gaviarate in the province of Varese.\u00a0 Others say that they are original to the Piedmont town of Borgomanero in the province of Novara.\u00a0 Over the course of the following years these cookies spread throughout most of northern Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Some variants include the addition of lemon zest or cinnamon, which is referenced in an old Milanese recipe.<\/p>\n<p>Undoubtedly the most famous and traditional, the true Piedmontese \u201cbrut e bon\u201d are those which use the round hazelnut of the Langhe region, IGP, an Italian excellence word renown.\u00a0 Ideal after a meal, they can be served with coffee or as a midafternoon snack. They can also be served with sweet wines such as Brachetto or Passito.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Ugly but Good cookies <\/strong><\/em>are\u00a0dry biscuits made with round gentle hazelnuts from the Langhe PGI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":781,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[203,202],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-895","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-prodotti-da-forno-en","7":"product_cat-sweets-and-biscuits","9":"first","10":"outofstock","11":"taxable","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=895"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=895"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btaly.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}