SC - rosettes? pizelli?

[Nanna Rognvaldardottir]

Stefan wrote:

>Ok, newbie cook time. (Or maybe just Texan). What are "rosettes"?
>What is a "pizelli"? Is this last what is mundanely made in the
>pizelle(?) irons that we often use to bake wafers in?


For a photo and recipe of rosettes/struvor, try this link:

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Oaks/7866/scandanavia.html

Scroll down to the third photograph, which shows a selection of cookies. The
strangely shaped ones at the back are rosettes (there are other patterns as
well but this is probably the most common one). Scroll further down to
Fridas struvor for the recipe.

Struvor is the Swedish name for rosettes. And to answer Selene´s question,
they are medieval - at least, struvor are mentioned in Bishop Brask´s menu
listings, which date from the first half of the 16th century - can´t
remember the exact date. I´m not sure if these struvor were identical to
todays rosettes but I´ll see if I can find anything more about this.

Nanna