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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 have been heavily influenced by cuisine from surrounding countries and those that have invaded Italy, such as Greece, Spain, Austria, and France. Italian cuisine is also influenced by the Mediterranean climate and agriculture.

Characteristics edit

Italy has an extremely diverse range of cuisines, due to the large amount of influences throughout its history. Peaches, lemons, and pears are popular fruits for recipes, as well as sweet cheeses, such as ricotta and mascarpone.[1] Coffee, especially espresso, are integral to Italian culture and cuisine, and is featured frequently in dessert recipes, such as tiramisu. The usage of a cold dairy dessert, such as ice cream or gelato, was introduced to the Western world through Italy.[2]

Italian desserts edit

A edit

Name Image Description
Affogato   Espresso served with a scoop of ice cream
Angel wings   Fried dough shaped into ribbons and coated in powdered sugar

B edit

Name Image Description
Barbajada   Drink made from whipped chocolate, milk, and coffee
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

C edit

Name Image Description
Camporelli   Ladyfinger-like biscuits made from sugar, flour, and eggs
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

F edit

Name Image Description
Frutta martorana   Imitation fruits made from marzipan

G edit

Name Image Description
Gelato   Italian dessert similar to ice cream, thicker in consistency
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


L edit

Name Image Description
Ladyfinger   Long biscuit, typically used in tiramisu

M edit

Name Image Description
Marron glacé   Chestnuts candied in sugar syrup
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

N edit

Name Image Description
Neapolitan ice cream   Ice cream featuring three flavors: chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry
Nocciolini di Canzo   Sweet crumbly small cookies from Canzo, in northern Italy
Nutella   Sweetened hazelnut spread

P edit

Name Image Description
Pandoro   Traditional Italian sweet bread in a star-like formation
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
Pinza bolognese   Jam-filled pastry

R edit

Name Image Description
Rainbow cookie   Three-layered almond-flavored Italian cookie
Ricciarelli   Traditional Italian biscuits – specifically, a type of macaroon

S edit

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
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

T edit

Name Image Description
Taralli   Cracker similar to a breadstick--can be sweet or savory
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 della nonna
 
 Italian sweet pastry cake filled with vanilla-flavored custard and covered with pine nuts and confectioner's sugar.
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

U edit

Name Image Description
Uovo sbattuto   Beverage that consists of egg yolk and sugar

Z edit

Name Image Description
Zabaione   Dessert beverage made with egg yolks, sugar, and a sweet wine
Zeppole   Fried dough dessert with powdered sugar
Zuccotto   Semi-frozen, chilled dessert made with alchermes liqueur, cake and ice cream
Zuppa Inglese   Italian dessert layering custard and sponge cake
Zelten   Traditional Italian fruitcake served during Christmas

Italian pastries edit

 
Chocolate and pistachio biscotti

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Sert, Ayşe Nevi̇N (30 November 2017). "Italian Cuisine: Characteristics and Effects". Journal of Business Management and Economic Research. 1 (1): 49–57. doi:10.29226/jobmer.2017.4.
  2. ^ "Italians, Chinese, Arabs – who invented ice cream?". South China Morning Post. 18 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Definition of biscotti in English". Oxforddictionaries.com. Archived from the original on July 8, 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.

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