COPETA WAFERS OR COPPETTE OF S. ANTONIO

About 1 cm high, the Copete appears like two wafers of the diameter of about 10 cm, sandwiched together with a filling of roasted walnuts and/or hazelnuts and candied in honey or sugar. A variant similar to the Copete, called the Coppette of S. Antonio, is produced in the bakeries and cake shops of the Tortona area for the feast of the saint bearing the same name. These are pastries formed by two wafers of about 8 cm, filled with honey-candied nuts. The ingredients of the wafers are wheat flour and water, while the filling of the Copete is made of honey, roasted walnuts, or roasted hazelnuts and sugar. It is generally prepared in winter.