Schiaccia briaca
The Schiaccia briaca ( Italian for "drunken flatbread") is a typical Christmas biscuit for the farmer's kitchen (cucina povera) on the Tuscan island of Elba .
The Schiaccia briaca is a pastry made from heavy yeast dough , contains nuts and sultanas and is sprinkled with pine nuts . The cake gets its name, the slightly sour taste and the typical rosy color from Aleatico , a dessert wine , and Alchermes , a liqueur .
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- Emiko Davies: Schiaccia briaca. A Tuscan cake that's good enough to drink. In: The Florentine - The English-speaking news magazine in Florence. theflorentine.net, February 16, 2012, accessed December 21, 2013 .