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21 meters and 43 centimeters in length, over 500 kg of ricotta, over 20 cm in diameter and a hundred pastry chefs and cooks from all over Italy to have fun together and rejoice at the unofficial achievement of the Guinness, awaiting the verdict in London. Here are the ingredients of the Guinness festival by Ristoworld Italia, with the patronage of the Sicily Region Department of Tourism, Sport and Entertainment, City of Caltanissetta, Sac Società Aeroporto Catania, Chamber of Commerce Caltanissetta, Proloco, Confcommercio and public and private partners who have given birth to Guinness World Records “The longest Cannolo in the world”, coordinated by the master pastry chef Lillo Defraia.

With over 21 meters in length in Caltanissetta a cannoli destined to make history. Crowd bath with thousands of visitors and free tasting of the dessert that will become De.Co

Three years of preparation work for this Guinness attempt which recorded the presence of thousands of people who, at the end of the evening, had the opportunity to taste the real goodness known all over the world. «We started a party with the tasting of the cannoli of records - comments Marcello Proietto di Silvestro, president of Ristoworld Italia - laying the foundations for the recognition of the cannoli of Caltanissetta as an identity product.

In fact, in the coming weeks we will propose the Deco, a municipal denomination around which we will also build a gastronomic and tourist offer ». Godmother of the event Anna Martano, prefect of the Italian Academy of Gastronomy and Gastrosophy and guest of honor the delegation of soldiers belonging to the VP-9 Antisubmarine Flight Group of the US Navy and of the US Air Force soldiers of the American base of Sigonella that, on 11 September. The memory on stage with the American and Italian anthems and the greetings of the institutions was exciting. Pasticceria Internazionale magazine is the media partner of the event, while Aic Sicilia and Ristoworld Italia took care of a station with the distribution of gluten-free cannoli. «It was everyone's party and the city's party - comments the mayor Roberto Gambino - and we continue to work to create new opportunities for the development of the socio-economic fabric of our territory and enrich the tourist offer. I thank all the white jackets who have made this goal possible with their presence ».

Luigi Li Veli and Robert Sherman, experts in Guinness World Records procedures, assisted Lillo Defraia, Andrea Finocchiaro, Vito Mazzarino and the entire operational pool in the phases of achieving the record, which was not at all easy: numerous unknowns related above all to the holding of the cannoli after filling with ricotta which, for the entire duration of the attempt, was secured in a refrigerated medium to perfectly guarantee the cold chain. In the end, a result that rewards years of preparation work and it was a real celebration for everyone.

With over 21 meters in length in Caltanissetta a cannoli destined to make history last edit: 2022-09-13T13:19:52+02:00 da Staff

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