The history of pastries begins properly with the Arabs and with the occupation of Sicily in the Middle Ages.
In fact, with the Arab occupation spread in the island dates, pomegranate, bitter orange as well as creams and various herbs which began production future marzipan, cassata, cannoli.
The production of cialda for industrial use in France in the fourteenth century, leading to production of more elaborate pastries throughout Europe, another important date was the arrival in Italy of the recipe of macaroons with Catherine de ‘Medici in the mid-sixteenth century.