Every Italian home baker has a recipe for pasta frolla, or basic pastry dough. This one is mine. It’s richer, silkier, and less rustic than typical pasta frolla, with lots of butter, and confectioners’ sugar in place of granulated.…
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Zeppole (zeppola in the singular) is a traditional doughnut-like fritter that, rather than stuffed, is twisted into a coil and topped with yumminess. It looks more like those trendy cronuts, puffy and torqued, like a braided churro, with deep-fried choux pastry providing a nest of…
These are the little golden balls of dough drizzled with honey and non-pareils that you see at every true Italian’s house around the Christmas holidays. They are addicting!! Taste best warm but can be stored in air-tight containers for…
December is buccellato time. In times past, dried fruits signalled the preparation of winter delights like fruit cake and plum pudding. Sicily’s version is buccellato, a combination of figs, raisins, dates, nuts (usually almonds) and candied citrus like fruits like citron – all local Sicilian…
These fresh and fruity puff pastry horns make a lovely summer treat.…
The quintessential pastry of Naples. Pronounced sfo-li-ya-tell, it translates to “many leaves or layers” and is a flakey shell shaped pastry filled with a citrus ricotta filling, traditionally lemon or candied orange…
Made with savoiardi (or ladyfingers), dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of egg yolks and mascarpone cheese, often flavored with liquor and dusted with cocoa, Tiramisù is simply irresistible. Recipe from: https://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/tiramisu-recipe INGREDIENTS: 200 gr. Mascarpone Cheese 2 eggs 150 gr.…
Tiramisu is a popular coffee-flavoured Italian dessert. It is made of ladyfingers (Savoiardi) dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavoured with cocoa.…
Fresh and delicious, this dessert sees the presence, among the main ingredients, of ladyfingers flavored with a delicate bath of this delicious liqueur, which manages to give an unmistakable aroma to the exquisite layers of cream made with Mascarpone…
Panna Cotta is delicious and easy to prepare dessert, popular throughout Italy. It looks and tastes wonderful with ripe red fruits…