MARTORANA FRUIT

Martorana fruit is a typical Sicilian sweet (in particular from Palermo and Trapani). It is a worldwide famous sweet because its preparation and packaging want, about the forms and appearance, the perfect imitation o reproduction of fruit and sometimes vegetables or fish. Inside it is like marzipan but more sweeter and tasty. The base of its recipe is exclusively  made of almond flour and sugar. Traditionally it was prepared for All Souls’ Day celebrations but nowadays  you always can find it.Its name comes from Saint Mary of the Admiral Church or “Martorana Church”, built in 1143 by George of Antioquia ,admiral of the Norman King Roger II. It was near a Benedictine monastery founded by the noblewoman Eloisa Martorana in 1194, who its name derived from. Martorana fruit was also prepared in a monastery in the historical centre of Palermo where nuns prepared and solt it until the middle of 1900.

According to a famous tradition. Martorana fruit  was born because the nuns of Martorana monastery, to substitute the picked fruit of their garden created new fruit with almonds and sugar to adorn the spoiled garden for the visit of the Pope.

 Martorana fruit is an imitation of:

a)    Cities and houses

b)    Churches and horses

c)    Fruit, fish and vegetables

d)    Marzipan and almonds

Martorana fuit was made for

a)    All Saints’ Day

b)    Christmas’ Eve

c)    Easter 

d)    All Souls’ Day

Nuns created Martorana fruit  because

a)    They want to offer it to Madonna

b)    They want to embellish their garden

c)    They want to earn money

d)    They want to embellish their church