The prince of all sweets from Messina.  The origin of its name comes from its particular shape, that seems like a bunch of pinecones, covered in a white lemon glaze or a dark chocolate glaze.
The inside is made of soft dough fried in vegetable oil.  Particularly intense is the smell of lemon that the white glaze gives.  The origins of this sweet go back to the period of Spanish domination.  At the request of nobil families, master pastry chefs reelaborated ancient recipes to invent this sweet that is the most popular and the most liked typical sweet of Messina, able to satisfy the most demanding palates.

Ingredients: sugar, all purpose flour, eggs, shortening, hydrated vegetable fat, glucose, chocolate, cocoa, aromas.