Favorite Dessert in Italy?
May 7th, 2006, 05:07 PM
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Ah cmt, granita is fantastic!! I don't really think of it as dessert but it is so wonderful on a warm or hot day. Do you make it at home? I use to but haven't for a few years..I need to this summer.
May 7th, 2006, 05:08 PM
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It would not be difficult to make the filling, but making the tubes to be filled could be tricky. It's possible to buy them from some bakeries. I've seen them in packages, too, but they may either have rancid oil or loads of preservatives. My aunt used to make the tubes, though, so it's not THAT difficult, I guess. Or you could always eat the filling without the pastry to hold it, if you have a craving for it.
But aren't there places where you can still buy good ones in Boston?
But aren't there places where you can still buy good ones in Boston?
May 7th, 2006, 05:12 PM
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I don't think of granita as dessert either. Actually, I'm not much of a dessert eater, that is right after a meal. I like the south Italian/Sicilian and Greek custom of eating sweets a few hours after a meal. But I think granita can be eaten any time. There used to be very good granita in Brooklyn, in the neighborhood where I spent early childhood. No, I don't make it. I'm not sure how to get the texture right.
May 7th, 2006, 05:18 PM
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Where I live, in my opinion there are no good Italian pastries, although there should be. There are so called Italian bakeries in Trenton, but they're not very good. There was one good one, but they closed about ten years ago. They used to make good fruit granite, too. There were some good Italian pastries in Newark when I was there from 1979-1982, and good Portuguese pastries, too, and there were some sources of good Italian pastries in northern NJ a few towns away from where my parents lived. But the best were in Brooklyn, where I lived long long ago. The last time I had a good sfogliatella was in Naples about five years ago. I used to get one every few months as a treat when I was in Newark.
May 7th, 2006, 07:39 PM
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Sometimes you can find wonderful desserts in Italy. I don't order it that often, as usually I'm too full, but here are some I really enjoyed:
Florence:
Osteria Cinghiale de Bianco: the wild boar wasn't as good as I expected it to be, but the dessert assortment was divine (samples of Mascarpone Cream, Tiramisu, Cream Puffs & Amaretto Cake).
Siena:
Ristorante La Buca de San Pitro: Delicious Mascarpone Cream with Fresh Strawberries.
Pienza:
Buca della Fate: Great Tiramisu.
Dal Falco: Wonderful cookies with sliced almonds to dip in Amaro (liquore d'erbe).
Rome:
Hosteria La Danesina: The best cannoli I've ever had.
Tre Scalini: Expensive but wonderful Tartufo, a chocolate-lover's dream (you're paying for the location/ambience, overlooking Piazza Navona).
Enjoy!
Florence:
Osteria Cinghiale de Bianco: the wild boar wasn't as good as I expected it to be, but the dessert assortment was divine (samples of Mascarpone Cream, Tiramisu, Cream Puffs & Amaretto Cake).
Siena:
Ristorante La Buca de San Pitro: Delicious Mascarpone Cream with Fresh Strawberries.
Pienza:
Buca della Fate: Great Tiramisu.
Dal Falco: Wonderful cookies with sliced almonds to dip in Amaro (liquore d'erbe).
Rome:
Hosteria La Danesina: The best cannoli I've ever had.
Tre Scalini: Expensive but wonderful Tartufo, a chocolate-lover's dream (you're paying for the location/ambience, overlooking Piazza Navona).
Enjoy!
May 7th, 2006, 07:49 PM
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When you're in Italy and looking for something rich and chocolatey, the only answer is TARTUFO. The best ones are found in the small town of Pizzo in Calabria.
Try this:http://www.cucinaevini.it/articoli_d...o.asp?p_id=430
Try this:http://www.cucinaevini.it/articoli_d...o.asp?p_id=430
May 8th, 2006, 04:36 AM
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May 8th, 2006, 04:38 AM
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Tartufo is a frozen desert...round icecream...vanilla on the outside and chocolate on the inside...and it is dusted with powdered chocolate..served in a bowl. I'm not a big fan but I have only had it in Canada so maybe I am missing something. Gelato or Tiramisu....or Tiramisu flavored Gelato...its all so yummy.
May 8th, 2006, 03:20 PM
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I've never forgotten a cassata (sp?) we had in Agrigento, Sicily. It was the most wonderful airy, creamy cake I've ever had. I tried to find it here in New York City... to no avail. Cassatas here seem to be enclosed is a marzipan like crust.... totally different from the wonder we had in a nice little restaruant just down the road from our hotel -
