{"id":5815,"date":"2014-03-19T02:24:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T02:24:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-11-05T16:22:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T16:22:40","slug":"challenge-accepted-saint-josephs-pants-cavazoon-sweet-chickpea-calzone-happy-st-josephs-day-html-d2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laughfrodisiac.com\/2014\/03\/19\/challenge-accepted-saint-josephs-pants-cavazoon-sweet-chickpea-calzone-happy-st-josephs-day-html-d2\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenge Accepted: Saint Joseph’s Pants Cavazoon (Sweet Chickpea Calzone) \u00a0& Happy St. Joseph’s Day!\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Today’s entry for my “Challenge Accepted” make-it-vegan series comes from a very special source: mia famiglia. My mom requested that I try to recreate the sweet chickpea cookies that my great-grandmother used to make for her, called “St. Joseph’s Pants”. A calzone-type cookie (called a ‘cavazoon’ in Sicily, where this is popular), the Pants are sweet doughy folds containing vanilla and honey-laden chickpea puree. They are traditionally served on St. Joseph’s Day <\/strong>(celebrating the spouse of Mary),\u00a0which this year is March 19. The Eye-tals in my family reminisce fondly about these cookies and I just had to figure out more about them.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Now, you may recall that\u00a0bean-filled desserts have to be amazing to pass muster in my book<\/a>. Those shite “you won’t believe it’s made with black beans!” brownie recipes are literally the Devil’s work. (So much so that this Devil is Capitalized.) But these are different. These cookies aren’t trying to hide their chickpeas; they are proud of them and want to show them off. In Sicily, chickpeas (‘ceci’) play a huge role in traditional celebrations, as they epitomize so perfectly the ability to take something basic and inexpensive and make magical creations with it. Chickpeas play an especially big role in the celebration of St. Joseph’s Day, in salads with fennel, in pastas with cauliflower and fava beans, and of course in these calzone-like cookies. These cookies demonstrate that when you quit trying to hide the beans in your dessert, and instead show some g-d respect, you can achieve wonderful results.<\/div>\n
\nAlso, if you missed Purim a few days ago<\/a>, this is your lucky new holiday, because these Cavazoons are kind of like hamantaschen. Hooray for Jews & Italians, the two groups who do food best. I highly suggest making these because a) it’s one of my new favorite desserts but more so b) I feel bad for Joseph and want people to celebrate his holiday. What a crappy hand he got. I really don’t understand how all that shit went down and no one listened to him exclaiming “Um y’all are playing, right?”<\/div>\n
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Sittin’ here eatin’ my heart out waitin’<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Waitin’ for some lover to call<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Dialed about a thousand numbers lately<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Lookin’ for some hot stuff baby this evenin’<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I need some hot stuff baby tonight<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I want some hot stuff baby this evenin’<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Gotta have some hot stuff Gotta have some love tonight<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I need hot stuff<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 I hope you make and enjoy these calzones, or cavazoons!! Is this not the best bean-based dessert ever? It is. And how good is March for filled-cookie holiday celebrations? Is there another filled-cookie holiday I am missing? Please let me know so I may soon remedy that.
\nAlso, you know we are not going to talk about calzone-like things without mentioning the most adorable king of loving calzones, Mr. Ben Wyatt.<\/div>\n
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