Pasticceria Sarda alle Mandorle (Sardinian Almond Pastry Tradition) In Sardinia, almonds are not simply an ingredient for desserts. They belong to a pastry tradition connected to weddings, baptisms, religious festivals, family celebrations and village ceremonies. Some Sardinian sweets are rustic and intentionally simple. Others are extraordinarily elaborate, decorated by hand with the precision of miniature works of art. What connects many of them is a small group of ingredie