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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.
The first citation of a dessert clearly identified as pandoro dates to the 18th century. The dessert certainly figured in the cuisine of the Venetian aristocracy. Venice was the principal market for spices as late as the 18th century, as well as for the sugar that by then had replaced honey in European pastries and bread made from leavened dough.
Typically, the dessert is covered in a shell made of chocolate or cocoa, but sometimes cinnamon or nuts are used. Tartufo di Pizzo has protected geographical indication (PGI) in Italy, [ 1 ] because Pizzo is the historical location where it was created as a "dessert of chocolate and hazelnut gelato balls filled with molten chocolate sauce and ...
Bombolone (Italian: [bomboˈloːne]; pl.: bomboloni) is an Italian filled doughnut (similar to Berliner and pączek), eaten as a snack food and dessert. The pastry's name is etymologically related to bomba (lit. ' bomb '), and the same type of pastry is also called bomba (pl.: bombe) in some regions of Italy.
Biscotti (/ b ɪ ˈ s k ɒ t i /, Italian: [biˈskɔtti]; lit. ' biscuits ') are Italian almond biscuits originating in the city of Prato, Tuscany. They are twice-baked, oblong-shaped, dry, and crunchy. [1] In Italy, they are known as cantucci, biscotti di Prato or biscotti etruschi and may be dipped in a drink, traditionally Vin Santo.
Panforte dates back to at least the 13th century, in the Italian region of Tuscany.Documents from 1205, conserved in the State Archive of Siena, attest that bread flavored with pepper and honey (panes melati et pepati) was paid to the local monks and nuns of the monastery of Montecellesi (modern Monte Celso, near Fontebecci) as a tax or tithe which was due on 7 February that year.
The name panna cotta is not mentioned in Italian cookbooks before the 1960s, [2] [3] yet it is often cited as a traditional dessert of the northern Italian region of Piedmont. [4] [5] One unverified story says that it was invented by a Hungarian woman in the Langhe in the early 19th century. [6] An 1879 dictionary mentions a dish called latte ...
Zuccotto (Italian: [dzukˈkɔtto, tsuk-]) is an Italian dessert of Florentine origin. It is a semi-frozen, chilled dessert made with alchermes, cake, and ice cream. [1] It can be frozen, then thawed before serving. Zuccotto is traditionally made in a special pumpkin-shaped mould (zuccotto means 'little pumpkin' in Italian).