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VIVA Viva la Befana!


The legend of Befana



With the Christian tradition, the witch has nothing to do anything, but in the folk tradition is a myth that somehow the part as the protagonist of this religious festival. The Kings were going to Bethlehem to pay homage to the Infant Jesus When you reach a small house they decided to stop and ask for guidance on which direction to take. They knocked on the door and opened it a little old. The Magi asked if he knew the way to go to Bethlehem because there was born the Savior. The woman who did not understand where they were going the Magi, he could not give them any indication. The Magi asked the old lady to join them, but she refused because she had a lot of work to do. After the three kings were gone, she realized that she had committed a mistake and decided to join them to visit the infant Jesus But despite looking for them for hours not able to find them and then stopped to give each child a gift in the hope that this was the Child Jesus. And so every year the night of 'Twelfth Night she goes in search of Jesus and stops at every house where there is a child to leave a gift if it was good, or coal, but if he did bad.

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When it's time, the Befana

When it's time, the Befana jumping the broom on the back. already brimming with impatience: the stands on the north, the clouds gallops. Each baby in his bed does the 'examination of conscience: curses capriccetto, bless' obedience: the morning on the first ray rushes to the fireplace. A nice gift to the baby wise, the bad a charcoal!

RECIPE:

ginger Serves 4 Needed 200 gr. flour 110 gr. margarine 100 gr. sugar cane 1 teaspoon ground ginger 100 gr. of molasses for the sugar glaze: 3 tablespoons powdered sugar 1 teaspoon water What should I do Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and line a mold cm. 20x20 with a sheet greaseproof paper. Mix all ingredients in a bowl until they are well blended and the mixture has assumed a uniform color. Roll out the dough on a floured surface into a sheet thick cira 1 / 2 cm and with proper design the molds cut Christmas cookies. Cook for 20 minutes will be taken until golden brown and the kitchen is filled with a delicious smell. Remove from the oven and let cool. Prepare the icing rather dense with sugar icing and a little water and, using a cone made with homemade paper towel, decorated with your imagination your cookies.