Colours Speak

I’ve always admired the colourful life of the ancient Romans. That variety of colours was due to the everlasting conquests of nations to the East and West. Moreover, the Romans usually made associations with colours. For instance, purple was the colour of the Roman Emperors and power.

As an unwritten rule, colours were “transferred” into the Middle Ages which are supposed to have been a dark period of time. It’s a wrong statement, actually.

Greenly Delicious

Green and extremely delicious. It’s simply Cassata siciliana, a traditional sweet from the region of Palermo in Sicily. Its taste is due to the Pan di Spagna (i.e. the sponge cake) with fruit juices or liqueur mixed with ricotta cheese, candied peel and a filling. The latter could be either a vanilla or chocolate one and is similar to cannoli siciliani cream. But that’s not all. The external cover is of marzipan and icing coloured in green and sometimes it’s beautifully decorated with candied fruit and very thin citrus fruit slices.