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This is a list of Italian desserts and pastries. Italian cuisine has developed through centuries of social and political changes, with roots as far back as the 4th century BCE.
Italian desserts
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Name | Image | Description | Affogato | Espresso served with a scoop of ice cream | |
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Angel wings | Fried dough shaped into ribbons and coated in powdered sugar |
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Name | Image | Description | Barbajada | Drink made from whipped chocolate, milk, and coffee | |
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Baxin | Sweet from Liguira, Italy utilizing anise seeds and flour | ||||
Biscotti | Italian biscuit, typically filled with nuts or dried fruit, or dipped in chocolate | ||||
Biscuit Tortoni | Ice cream made from eggs and heavy cream, sometimes containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons | ||||
Bombolone | Italian doughnut, filled with typically chocolate, cream, or jam | ||||
Bruttiboni | Biscuit made from almonds or hazelnuts | ||||
Budino | Pudding made from milk and egg custard, typically topped with a crust or whipped-cream topping |
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Name | Image | Description | Camporelli | Ladyfinger-like biscuits made from sugar, flour, and eggs | |
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Cannoli | Rolled, crispy dough filled with ricotta cream | ||||
Cartocci | Filled fried dough pastry | ||||
Cassata | Round sponge cake moistened with fruit juice | ||||
Cavallucci | Pastry made with anise, walnuts, candied fruits, coriander, and flour | ||||
Ciambella | Ring-shaped cake made using flour, milk, sugar, and vanilla flavoring | ||||
Colomba di Pasqua | |||||
Confetti | Almonds covered in dyed, sugar coating | ||||
Crocetta of Caltanissetta | Sweet pastry made from almonds, sugar, sweet lemon purée, oranges or other fruit, pistachio and icing sugar | ||||
Crostata | Baked tart or pie, hailing from Naples | ||||
Cucidati | Fig cookie with vanilla icing | ||||
Cupeta | Dessert made from honey, dissolved sugar and diced almonds |
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Name | Image | Description | Frutta martorana | Imitation fruits made from marzipan |
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Name | Image | Description | Gelato | Italian dessert similar to ice cream, thicker in consistency | |
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Genoise | Sponge cake made with melted butter whipped into the dough | ||||
Gianduja (chocolate) | Chocolate made from hazelnut cream | ||||
Gianduiotto | Chocolate made from sugar, cocoa, and hazelnuts | ||||
Granita | Italian ice dessert made from sugar, water and various flavorings |
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Name | Image | Description | Ladyfinger | Long biscuit, typically used in tiramisu |
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Name | Image | Description | Marron glacé | Chestnuts candied in sugar syrup | |
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Marzipan | Confection consisting primarily of sugar, honey, and almond meal | ||||
Mimosa cake | Moist champagne sponge cake with a buttercream frosting | ||||
Mustacciuoli | Pastry with a spiced, cake-like interior, covered in chocolate |
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Name | Image | Description | Neapolitan ice cream | Ice cream featuring three flavors: chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry | |
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Nocciolini di Canzo | Sweet crumbly small cookies from Canzo, in northern Italy | ||||
Nutella | Sweetened hazelnut spread |
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Name | Image | Description | Pandoro | Traditional Italian sweet bread in a star-like formation | |
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Panettone | Sweet bread featuring dried fruits and chocolate | ||||
Panforte | Chewy Italian dessert containing fruits and nuts | ||||
Panna cotta | Italian dessert of sweetened cream thickened with gelatin and molded | ||||
Panpepato | Round sweet bread with nuts and dried fruit | ||||
Pasticciotto | Italian pastry filled with ricotta cheese and egg custard | ||||
Pastiera | Neapolitan tart made with cooked wheat, eggs, ricotta cheese, and flavoured with orange flower water | ||||
Penuche | Fudge-like candy made from brown sugar, butter, and milk | ||||
Pignolata | Soft pastry, covered in chocolate and lemon-flavoured syrup or icing | ||||
Pinza | Traditional dessert flan with pine nuts, dried figs, raisins, fennel seeds and grappa |
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Name | Image | Description | Ricciarelli | Traditional Italian biscuits – specifically, a type of macaroon |
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Name | Image | Description | Sanguinaccio dolce | Italian pudding made from pig's blood which is made creamy and sweetened with ingredients such as chocolate, milk, pine nuts, and raisins | |
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Semifreddo | Frozen dessert similar to ice cream, with the main ingredients being egg yolks, sugar, and cream. | ||||
Sfinge | Doughnut sprinkled with powdered sugar | ||||
Sfogliatella | Shell-shaped cream-filled Italian pastry originating from Campania | ||||
Spumoni | Molded gelato made with layers of different colors and flavors, usually containing candied fruits and nuts | ||||
Struffoli | Neapolitan dish made of deep fried balls of sweet dough | ||||
Sugoli | Dessert pudding prepared with the must of red grapes, flour and sugar, cooked slowly and then left to cool |
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Name | Image | Description | Taralli | Cracker similar to a breadstick--can be sweet or savory | |
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Tartufo | Gelato covered and filled with melted chocolate | ||||
Tiramisu | Dessert made of ladyfingers dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavoured with cocoa | ||||
Torrone | Nougat made with honey, sugar, and whipped egg whites, then filled with roasted pistachios and almonds | ||||
Torta Barozzi | Thin, crispy cake made from chocolate and coffee | ||||
Torta caprese | Italian cake made with chocolate and either almonds or hazelnuts | ||||
Torta alla Monferrina | Cake made from pumpkin, or apples and sugar, with amaretti, chocolate, eggs, and rum | ||||
Torta delle rose | Cake made with leavened dough rich in butter and sugar, which is rolled up and placed in the baking tin, taking the characteristic shape of a basket of rosebuds | ||||
Torta setteveli | Chocolate cake with seven layers of hazelnut cream, hazelnut crunch, chocolate mousse, and a glaze | ||||
Torta Tre Monti | Dessert consisting of thin waffle slices with interwoven layers of cream, then covered in chocolate |
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Name | Image | Description | Uovo sbattuto | Beverage that consists of egg yolk and sugar |
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Name | Image | Description | Zabaione | Dessert beverage made with egg yolks, sugar, and a sweet wine | |
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Zeppole | Fried dough dessert with powdered sugar | ||||
Zuccotto | Semi-frozen, chilled dessert made with alchermes, cake and ice cream | ||||
Zuppa Inglese | Italian dessert layering custard and sponge cake | ||||
Zelten | Traditional Italian fruitcake served during Christmas |
Italian pastries
- Baci di Dama
- Baicoli
- Biscotti[1]
- Biscotti Regina
- Bocconotto
- Bombolone
- Cannoli
- Ciarduna
- Nocciolini di Canzo
- Pandoro
- Pevarini
- Pignolata
- Pignolo
- Pizzelle
- Sfinge
- Sfogliatelle
- Torta caprese
- Zeppole
- Zippuli
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Sfogliatelle are shell-shaped filled pastries native to Italian cuisine.
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Zeppole is a pastry consisting of a deep-fried dough ball that is dusted with powdered sugar and sometimes filled with various sweets.
See also
- Cuisine
- List of desserts
- List of Italian dishes – Desserts and pastry
- Sicilian cuisine – Desserts and sweets
References
- ^ "Definition of biscotti in English". Oxforddictionaries.com. Archived from the original on July 8, 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
External links
- Media related to Sweet food of Italy at Wikimedia Commons