The recipe of the Buccellato is easy, the flavor is wonderful. The round shape with a hole in the middle can recall the one the classic italian Ciambella, but Buccellato is different ways more sweet than any other classic pastry avaliable.

Short pastry flavored with honey and cinnamon, and stuffed with a  mixture of almond, chocolate, walnut, dried figs and pistachio. You are gonig to find it in almost everywhere in the city, in the open air markets, in the bakeries, and in every living room of the town, without Buccellato, in Palermo is not a real Christmas. So if you are walking around Palermo during the Xmas time, dont' forget to try, at least once the amazing, sweet, teaste of the Buccellato. 

To compleate the real Palermo Christmas experience, after having a good traditional sicilian meal,  try the Buccellato, the special sweet of the winter time, with all the flavor of Sicily, where the winter is warm but you can fell the magic vibe of Xmas everywhere. And dont' forget make some space in your luggage for one Buccellato, a good way to convoy the magic teaste of Palermo around the world.