Frutta martorana

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Frutta martorana

Alternative names	Frutta di Martorana, frutta marturana
Place of origin	Italy
Region or state	Sicily (provinces of Palermo and Trapani)
Main ingredients	Marzipan, vegetable dyes
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Frutta martorana (also called frutta di Martorana or, in Sicilian, frutta marturana) is a Sicilian marzipan sweet in the form of fruits and vegetables from the provinces of Palermo^[1] and Trapani.^{[citation needed]}

Realistically coloured with vegetable dyes, it is said to have originated at the Benedictine nunnery of Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio, Palermo, known as La Martorana after its foundress, when nuns decorated empty fruit trees with marzipan fruit to impress an archbishop visiting at a season when the trees were not fruiting. It is traditionally put by children's bedsides on All Souls' Day.^{[clarification needed][2]}