Biscuits Gli Scugnizzi - The Prisoners of Voci Errant
 
The biscuits were born as a work opportunity for the inmates of the Saluzzo prison. They are prepared with the desire for redemption and to learn a trade for future social reintegration. The biscuits are the result of the work of Antonio, Carmine, Enzo, Toni and Vincenzo who, with Lorenza, recover traditional recipes and enhance the local raw materials.
 
The scugnizzo is the Neapolitan biscuit made with flour, cocoa and black cherry.
“If I think about my childhood I remember my grandmother when she kneaded the biscuits at home and I placed them in the red tin box. The kitchen was filled with sweet smells and I imagined I was a famous pastry chef” - Vincenzo.
 
Origin: Italy, Piedmont
Format: 200g
Ingredients: Wheat flour, butter, sugar, eggs, cherry puree (glucose-fructose syrup, cherry puree (35%), sucrose, gelling agent (pectin, citric acid E330, colorings E163. E120, potassium sorbate E202, flavourings), bitter cocoa, acidifier syrup: citric acid, flavourings, colouring: anthocyanins) milk, lemon zest, yeast (disodium diphosphate E 450), sodium hydrogen carbonate (E 500), corn starch, stabilizer (salts of sodium, potassium and calcium fatty acids (E 470a), flavourings, salt.
Allergens: Produced in a laboratory that also uses other nuts.
 
The Cooperative: The Galeotti Di Voci Erranti run a biscuit factory inside the Saluzzo prison, to offer training and work opportunities to inmates. The prisoners involved in the Project have the opportunity to learn a trade, prepare for future social reintegration and promote an economy that is attentive to people and relationships. Prison biscuits are bridges between prison reality and external society, the results of a path in which, through work, the person can recover their dignity. Prepared with local ingredients from the Saluzzo area, they have the flavor of homemade biscuits and the fragrance of freedom.