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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.
Sfogliatella (Italian: [sfoʎʎaˈtɛlla]; Neapolitan: sfugliatella; pl.: sfogliatelle) is a shell-shaped pastry with a sweet or creamy filling, originating in the Campania region of Italy. [1] [2] Sfogliatella means 'small, thin leaf/layer', as the pastry's texture resembles stacked leaves. [citation needed]
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Coconut Macaroon. This comes from the Italian word “maccherone” meaning “paste”, the dessert is created from an either an almond or coconut paste.Traced back to an Italian monastery in the ...
Tiramisu [a] is an Italian dessert made of ladyfinger pastries (savoiardi) dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of egg yolks, sugar, and mascarpone, and flavoured with cocoa powder. The recipe has been adapted into many varieties of cakes and other desserts. [ 1 ]
Cannoli. Some food historians place the origins of cannoli in 827–1091 in Caltanissetta, Sicily, by the concubines of princes looking to capture their attention. [10] [11] This period marks the Arab rule of the island, known then as the Emirate of Sicily, giving rise to the theory that the etymology stemmed from the Arabic word qanawāt, 'tubes', in reference to their tube-shaped shells.
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 ...
The name translates literally in Italian as English soup and may in fact connote its similarity to English trifle. Others believe it is a dialectical corruption of the verb inzuppare, meaning 'to sop'. [2] A dessert invented by Neapolitan pastrycooks of Europe during the 19th century. Inspired by English puddings that were fashionable at the ...