Among Burano’s traditions, food is definitely up there, and at the top of that list are the Bussolà, the buranese biscuits. You will find countless shops selling them in all sorts of shapes and sizes; nowadays they cater for any particular flavour too, from limoncello, chocolate chip, and coconut, to raisin, cream and apple.
The bussolà were first invented in their plain buttery form for fishermen who required nutritious foods on their long, tiring voyages.
Among its obvious comestible uses, in the past bussolà would occasionally be flavoured with rum or vanilla and placed in drawers for a better-smelling laundry.
