
Ada Pessini Moriondo
The traditional Monbaruzzo amaretto
Ada Pessini Moriondo, born in 1922, is the last producer of a famous “amaretto” producer's family in Mombaruzzo, the Moriondo.
Grew up in the small family activity, producing theese well known cookies by local and foreign ingredients (armelline from Damasco and almonds from Sicily), she is the last witness of the ancient and traditional amaretto di Mombaruzzo recipe.
At the age of eighteen years she went to Milan in order to help the family and her uncles in their own amaretto shop. In 1952 her uncles let the production activity and move definitely to Milan for working in the seller shop, so she returned to Mombaruzzo and continue to produce amaretto with her parents and her brother. After fifty years of activity, in 2002, she and her brother, Mario, stopped the production.
Ada Pessini Moriondo was interviewed in 2012.
Video table of contents
- Cavaliere Ada Rosa Elisabetta Pessini Moriondo
- Nata negli amaretti, una storia di famiglia
- E' buono ma è un po' amaro: l'amaretto di Mombaruzzo
- I primi negozi a Mombaruzzo e il forno
- Mombaruzzo nel cuore: mio fratello e i miei cugini
- 20 anni a Milano
- Solo noi di famiglia mettevamo le mani in pasta
- Innamorati del nostro lavoro, l'amaretto è una cosa nostra
- Ricetta: mandorle di Damasco e dalla Sicilia, uovo e zucchero
- Le uova comprate a Nizza
- Lo zucchero "invertito"
- La preparazione degli amaretti
- Mai usata una bilancia
- I bambini chiedevano la "carta dolce"
- Le cartine frastagliate di carta paraffinata
- Lavoravamo giorno e notte: di lenzuola ne avevamo consumate poco
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Mombaruzzo
District: AT
Altitude: 275m s.l.m.
Ada Pessini Moriondo
Date of birth: 03-08-1922
City: Molino dei torti
School: Junior High or Middle School
Profession: Artisan
Languages: Italiano
Document by: Irene Rubiano