” But then what is hell? A Palermo without pastry shops”, said Aunt Manina of the novel “The long life of Marianna Ucrìa”, by Dacia Maraini, The words of Dacia Maraini explain the indissoluble and unique relationship of Palermo with its sweets. The recipes of cannoli, cassate and other delights spread to Sicily thanks to the hard work of the cloistered nuns. Sicilian pastry was born inside the monasteries where cloistered nuns cooked biscuits and sweets, which have come to this day. Each monastery was characterized by a typical dessert, whose recipe remained for centuries a secret that was handed down.

• Program: Visit of the church of Santa Caterina d’Alessandria, among the highest examples of the Palermitano Baroque with mischin marmi and stucco decorations. The church part of the former convent will give us the inspiration to talk about the convents and the life of the nuns in Sicily, since the time of the Gattopordi, in which the noblewo women were forced to enter the convent. The visit of the convent will follow with the dolcerie where we will taste sweets such as: the minne di Vergine were sweet that remember for the shape the breasts of women, very similar to the Catania mines of St. Agatha. The triumph of throat, king of the tables of sicilian nobles, is a cake decorated with candied fruit on it and made of royal pasta with layers of cream and sponge. The dessert is famous because it is mentioned in the novel of the Leopard. And many other desserts of which we will know las toria and taste the flavors.Free for children from 0 to 6 years;