![]() Ossa di morto | |
Type | sweet |
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Place of origin | Italy |
Region or state | Sicily |
Main ingredients | flour, sugar and spices: Cinnamon and Cloves |
The ossa di morto or Dead men's bones (ossa i mortu in Sicilian) are traditional Sicilian biscuits, included in the list of traditional Italian agri-food products (P.A.T) of the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies (Mipaaf).[1]
Also known as nucatoli, mustazzoli,[2] scardellini,[3][4] scardellini, moscardini[5] or paste di garofano,[4][6] they are prepared on the occasion of the commemoration of the deceased and have the shape of small human bones.[7]