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{{Short description|Italian Christmas cake}}
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| country          = [[Italy]]
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| main_ingredient  = [[Candied fruit]]
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A '''''buccellato''''' ({{IPA|it|buttʃelˈlaːto|lang}}) is a [[Sicilian cuisine|Sicilian]] [[circle|circular]] [[cake]] made from [[Pastry|pastry dough]] filled with [[Fig|figs]] and nuts.<ref name="Riley">Gillian Riley, ''The Oxford Companion to Italian Food'' ([[Oxford University Press]], 2004, p. 194.</ref> In [[Sicily]], it is traditionally associated with [[Christmas in Italy|Christmas]].<ref name="Riley"/><ref>Carol Field, ''Celebrating Italy'' ([[W. Morrow and Company]], 1990), p. 284.</ref>

It is not to be confused with the distinct but similar traditional [[Lucca|Lucchese]] cake of the same name, the ''[[buccellato di Lucca]]'', although both are ring-shaped sweet breads that contain candied fruit peels.<ref>Anna Del Conte, "Buccellato" in ''Gastronomy of Italy'' (rev. ed.: Pavilion Books, 2013).</ref>

==See also==
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{{Portal|Italy|Food}}
* [[List of Italian desserts and pastries]]
* [[List of cakes]]
* ''[[Buccellato di Lucca]]''

==References==
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{{Cakes}}

[[Category:Italian cakes]]
[[Category:Cuisine of Sicily]]
[[Category:Christmas cakes]]
[[Category:Fig dishes]]
[[Category:Nut desserts]]


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