Commission Regulation 229/2010 of 18 March 2010 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Ricciarelli di Siena (PGI)) confers protection on white, soft, spongy-moist, extremely sweet boat- or spindle-shaped almond pastries covered with white confectioner’s sugar, rough in surface and inner texture. Some are covered with dark chocolate called ‘rough’ or ‘rude’: ricciarelli rozzi. Until half a century ago they were restricted to the Sienese pastry world, but ricciarelli are now made also in the provinces of Grosseto and Pisa, especially in Pomarance.