Frutta martorana

{{Short description|Italian marzipan sweet}}

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| alternate_name = {{lang|it|Frutta di Martorana}}, {{lang|it|frutta marturana}}

| country = Italy

| region = Sicily (provinces of Palermo and Trapani)

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| main_ingredient = Marzipan, vegetable dyes

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{{lang|it|Frutta martorana}} (also called {{lang|it|frutta di Martorana}} or, in Sicilian, {{lang|scn|frutta marturana}}) is a Sicilian marzipan sweet in the form of fruits and vegetables from the provinces of Palermo[https://www.lacucinaitaliana.com/italian-food/italian-dishes/sicilian-frutta-martorana-a-legendary-sweet-treat LaCucinaItaliana.com: The Sicilian Fruit Martorana], by Salvatore Spatafora, 22 November 2022 and Trapani.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

Realistically coloured with vegetable dyes, it is said to have originated at the Benedictine nunnery of Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio, Palermo, known as La Martorana after its foundress, when nuns decorated empty fruit trees with marzipan fruit to impress an archbishop visiting at a season when the trees were not fruiting. It is traditionally put by children's bedsides on All Souls' Day.{{Clarification needed|date=June 2024}}[https://sicilianfoodculture.com/the-story-of-the-frutta-martorana/ SicilianFoodCulture.com: The history of the "Frutta Martorana"], 13 October 2019