Fruits made of a mixtre of almond flour and sugar, called Pasta Reale (Royal Paste), of the shape of real fruits, bananas, oragnes lemons, so well crafted that they can be mistaken for the real one, even by the locals.

In incredible how a piece of  Martorana Fruit can resemble to the real one, and if you go to an open air market or you visit the Fiera dei Morti, (The Deads Fair) you will never be sure if the fruit that you are seeing in real fruit or is Martorana. The tradition of the Martorana fruit have its roots, in the religion, like most of the best siclian pastry, the legend of the invention of martorana says that the nuns of the convents of founded by the noble lady Eloisa Martorana in 1194, invented it to fill with fake fruits the empty trees of thier garden for the visit of the Pope. Since than the Martorana Fruit has been part of the world finest pasrty tradition, becoming a pastry famous around the globe. So if you are tired to see the Martorana only in the pictures of others people, and you wanna fell the real teaste of this sugar fruits in your mouth, if you want to live a real Martorana Experience, book a room with palermhotels and come to Palermo for the for the All Souls day, try Martorana Fruit and the others amazing things that the Palermo's pastry chefs will craft for you, and make your stay unforgettable!