List of Italian desserts and pastries

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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[]

Bruttiboni is a type of almond-flavoured biscuit made in Prato, central Italy

A[]

  • Affogato
  • Angel wings

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Cannoli are Sicilian pastry desserts, consisting of tube-shaped shells of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet, creamy filling usually containing ricotta.
Crocette of Caltanissetta, lemon and orange left to right
  • Cannoli
  • Cassata
  • Cavallucci
  • Ciambella
  • Colomba di Pasqua
  • Confetti
  • Crocetta of Caltanissetta
  • Crostata
  • Cucidati

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Gelato is the Italian word for ice cream, derived from the Latin word "gelātus" (meaning frozen). It's made with milk, cream, various sugars, and flavoring such as fresh fruit and nut purees.[1]

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Italian Easter Cookie

L[]

  • Ladyfinger

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Panforte is a traditional Italian dessert containing fruits and nuts, and resembling fruitcake or Lebkuchen.

R[]

  • Ricciarelli

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Semifreddo is a class of semi-frozen desserts, typically ice-cream cakes, semi-frozen custards, and certain fruit tarts.

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U[]

  • Uovo sbattuto

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Zabaione comes in many forms and variations.
Zuppa Inglese is a custard-based dessert.

Italian pastries[]

Chocolate and pistachio biscotti
  • Baci di Dama
  • Baicoli
  • Biscotti[2]
  • Biscotti Regina
  • Bocconotto
  • Bombolone
  • Cannoli
  • Ciarduna
  • Nocciolini di Canzo
  • Pandoro
  • Pevarini
  • Pignolata
  • Pignolo
  • Pizzelle
  • Sfinge
  • Sfogliatelle
  • Torta caprese
  • Zeppole
  • Zippuli

  • Bocconotto is a pastry typical of the Italian regions of Apulia, Abruzzo, and Calabria, and is often eaten at Christmas.

  • Sfogliatelle are shell-shaped filled pastries native to Italian cuisine.

  • 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[]

  1. ^ "What Is Gelato?". wiseGeek. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Definition of biscotti in English". Oxforddictionaries.com. Retrieved 6 January 2014.

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