Linked to the Christmas holidays in the municipality of Acquapendente is the tradition of imbriachelle, which owe their name to the addition in the dough of a good glass of wine. There is no written documentation that allows us to precisely date the beginning of this gastronomic tradition, but there are bakeries in the municipality of Acquapendente, run by elderly people who claim to have been making imbriachelle since 1956 and to have inherited the recipe from their fathers who had been making them since the early 1900s. On the other hand, the use of sugar, considered a "luxury good," the basis of the preparation, would confirm this dating.
Imbriachelle are elongated or doughnut-shaped cookies made from wine and nuts.
The color of the cookie, from gray to red, varies depending on whether white or red wine is used. It keeps for about 30 days.
The ingredients for making imbriachelle are: 00 flour, sugar, red or white wine, extra virgin olive oil, cinnamon, angel bread, walnuts, cocoa (optional), orange grating (optional), baking soda cremor tartar (optional). The amalgamated dough, is cut into dough pieces then shaped into the various product forms and placed in steel baking pans. Baking takes place in an oven at about 200°C for 20 minutes. The cooked product is left to cool inside the pans at room temperature.
This is a "poor man’s dessert" prepared to accompany, at the end of a meal, a good glass of wine (they were soaked in wine to soften them) or to be enjoyed, as a snack, at winery snacks, along with cured meats and marinated fish.
