Antonietta Corsini, "Recipes for titbits" 1881, is on display in the A Window on Italy - The Corsini Collection: Masterpieces from Florence exhibition on show at the Art Gallery of WA 24 fFb - 18 June 2018.
Written in an extremely clear and elegant hand, Antonietta Corsini’s collection of recipes includes a kind of sweet bread called affricani which requires 12 egg yolks and sugar. It had to be beaten for half an hour before flavouring with vanilla essence and then baking. Other recipes include ciambelle romane, which Antonietta notes in the index are very fattening. There are also recipes for ginger biscuits, pizza and marsala-laced pan dolce for Christmas, which sounds rather like the delicious panforte that is still a great favourite in elegant Florentine cafes.
