Corolli di Montalcino for Lent
To call them Lent Pastries is exaggerated, these Corolli from the Montalcino tradition are soft buns with little taste
Lent Corollo di Montalcino recipe
By Donatella Cinelli Colombini
In Montalcino, long ago, it was possible to buy these only during the 40 days Easter. Only bakeries sold them, and with their vans they delivered all over the countryside. Even further back the farmer’s wives would bake them in the wood fire, placing them in the oven after everything else had been cooked, so the temperature was much lower.
The Corolli are doughnut shaped buns to be dunked in milk at breakfast timer. They are not very sweet so I always thought that they were “repentance” quite the opposite of the tasty cakes and desserts for carnival time or the rich Ricciarelli and Panforte for Christmas time.