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April 03, 2021 The restrictions of this period also negatively affect the requests for artisanal doves and eggs.

And if tradition still wins on the Easter table with classic tastes, genuine and natural raw materials, sweets without imaginative fillings and dark chocolate, the blow suffered by the entire sector has been accused.



The second armored Easter weighs heavily on artisan pastry shops.

A study conducted in the Florentine area (data from the Florence Chamber of Commerce-Infocamere) by Confartigianato Imprese Firenze, shows that orders fell by 15% compared to last year when, during the first lockdown, the decrease was 40%.



Compared to Easter 2019, pre-Covid, orders have more than halved.

"The restrictions envisaged for the red zone penalized sales for the Easter holidays, but if in 2020 many producers were not ready to deliver, this year many laboratories have invested to meet the new needs of the market and new habits. and they are equipped for online orders and home deliveries ", explains Fabio Masini, representative of the Food sector of Confartigianato Imprese Firenze.



And if many opt for homemade desserts, many do not give up on high quality chocolate eggs and doves prepared by pastry chefs.



But how to distinguish a real `` dove doc ''?

To be such it must, by law, be made with wheat flour, fresh eggs or egg yolk (never less than 4%), sugar, butter not less than 16%, at least 15% candied citrus peel, yeast natural consisting of sourdough and salt.

Indispensable for granting the denomination, also the top glazing with sugar grains and at least 2% almonds, the natural fermentation from sour dough, the soft structure with elongated alveolation and the irregular oval shape.

Any other product that does not carry these minimum characteristics on the label must be relegated to the category of simple Easter sweets.



The identikit of pure and traditional chocolate eggs, on the other hand, prescribes a composition based exclusively on cocoa mass (composed only of cocoa butter and cocoa), sugar, milk powder and natural flavoring.