{"id":3694,"date":"2023-07-26T10:16:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T08:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/com\/?p=3694"},"modified":"2023-10-04T09:20:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T07:20:52","slug":"stuffed-wafers-the-recipe-for-a-surprising-dessert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/com\/religious-items\/stuffed-wafers-the-recipe-for-a-surprising-dessert\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuffed wafers: the recipe for a surprising dessert"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stuffed wafers, a dessert with an ancient and irresistible flavour that evokes an age-old tradition. Let’s discover the most delicious recipes to make at home.<\/h4>\n\n

Hearing about stuffed wafers can at first leave you disqualified. We have been accustomed since childhood to associating the wafer solely with the Eucharist. The wafer we are accustomed to knowing is the small unleavened bread wafer that we receive from the priest at the time of communion<\/strong> or the largest that we see in his hands during the Eucharistic blessing<\/strong>. A wafer made only with wheat flour<\/strong>, as established in the Book of Exodus<\/em> before, and then confirmed by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith<\/em>, which established that the use of different flours would make the host “invalid for the Eucharist”<\/em>.<\/p>\n

According to the Catholic Church, during the Eucharistic celebration, the host that is consecrated becomes the Body of Jesus<\/a>.<\/a><\/strong> This is by virtue of transubstantiation<\/strong>, which converts the substance of bread into the substance of the Body of Christ. This miracle occurs in remembrance of the Last Supper<\/strong>,<\/a> when Jesus offered Himself to His apostles and gave them the authority to repeat His sacrifice in the time to come: “Then He took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.'”<\/em>(Luke 22-19)
\nThe consecrated host thus becomes the Blessed Sacrament<\/strong>, which is placed in the Tabernacle<\/a> at the end of the Mass, where it remains the object of adoration by the faithful.<\/p>\n

Returning to the use of non-consecrated wafers outside the Eucharistic celebration, their use in pastry<\/strong> has ancient origins. Just think that the host is the basis of the preparation of sweets characteristic of our pastry tradition, such as Panforte <\/strong>and Nougat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Read more:<\/div>\n

All you need to know about the hosts and particles<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe host is a wafer of unleavened bread, made with wheat flour, usually circular in shape.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It would have been the nuns of a convent of Poor Clares who first invented the recipe for stuffed wafers<\/strong>. Legend has it that a mixture of caramelised almonds mixed with honey and sugar fell on a kitchen shelf and that the sisters tried to pick it up using unconsecrated wafers, discovering that together the ingredients tasted delicious. This happened in the kitchens of the monastery of the Church of the Holy Trinity of Monte Sant’Angelo<\/strong>, in the province of Foggia, but soon this unexpected sweet spread throughout the monasteries of the country and beyond.<\/p>\n

But let’s find out how to prepare the wafers.<\/p>\n

How to make the wafers<\/h2>\n

Today, wafers can be purchased easily at the shops near churches or shrines<\/strong>, but also in companies or shops that sell products to cook desserts<\/strong>. They are also easily available in pharmacies<\/strong> because they are useful in taking some medicines.<\/p>\n

And then, of course, there are online shops<\/strong>, like ours, that offer wafers and particles of every diameter and genre<\/a>,<\/strong> including gluten-free ones for coeliacs.<\/p>\n

But actually preparing the wafers in the house is very easy<\/strong>. On the market they also sell the special moulds for wafers<\/strong><\/a>, essential for this preparation.<\/p>\n

To prepare wafers you need:<\/p>\n