Bicciolano cookie is a typical biscuit made in Vercelli: shortbread enriched with a secret spices mix

Whoever tastes it instantly fell in love with his aroma, so much so in 1903 the Savoia Royal House decreeted this biscuit “Unique and fundamental patrimony of the cultural-gastronomic Piedmont tradition” (“Patrimonio unico ed irrinunciabile della tradizione cultural-gastronomica piemontese“)

Dated back to the beginning of the 19th century, this authentic and mysteriuos recipe springs again in the kitchen of the artisanal pastry Il Mattarello