With the upcoming festive holiday season fast coming up on us, it behooves us to delve into the wonderful world of Italian holiday desserts. Few ethic groups exhibit such enchanting delights as do those of Italian ancestry at this time for year.
Following, you'll sample, if only on a digital device, some of the most exquisite and well-known culinary samples from those with a discriminating taste from the world's best kitchens--the Italian home kitchen.
Whether you're a college student away from home or a business person on a busy schedule, sit back now and get ready for your next visit to either an Italian home, or a premier Italian restaurant.
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Called the Pan d'Oro, or "golden Bread," it's shaped like a star with 8 points and dusted with icing sugar and vanilla giving it a resemblance to miniature Italian Alps. (-- removed HTML --) Panforte: (-- removed HTML --) Considered by connoseurs as the original Italian fruitcake, this spiced fruit and nutty cake goes back in history to the 12th and 13th centuries.
Characterized by typical wintry ingredients such as ground Indian cinnamon, cardamom, pungent cloves, nutmeg, honey and almond nuts. Hailing from the city of Siena in Tuscany, its name means "strong bread." (-- removed HTML --) Marzipan or Martorana: (-- removed HTML --) Originating it's said with the Benedictine sisters in Sicily, Martorana shaped in similarity to candied-dusted fruit of various colors and shapes, is also claimed by Germans, the Spaniards and the French as well.
Made with almond flour, almond paste and sugar, you'll not know what Heaven is like until you've placed these little artistic gems in your mouth.
(-- removed HTML --) Torrone: (-- removed HTML --) All this being said, it seems that almonds are the most used nuts in culinary circles as far as many Italians are concerned. However, coming up close behind in popularity are
Following, you'll sample, if only on a digital device, some of the most exquisite and well-known culinary samples from those with a discriminating taste from the world's best kitchens--the Italian home kitchen.
Whether you're a college student away from home or a business person on a busy schedule, sit back now and get ready for your next visit to either an Italian home, or a premier Italian restaurant.
(-- removed HTML --) The Italian Festival of the Fishes (-- removed HTML --)
What may be …show more content…
Called the Pan d'Oro, or "golden Bread," it's shaped like a star with 8 points and dusted with icing sugar and vanilla giving it a resemblance to miniature Italian Alps. (-- removed HTML --) Panforte: (-- removed HTML --) Considered by connoseurs as the original Italian fruitcake, this spiced fruit and nutty cake goes back in history to the 12th and 13th centuries.
Characterized by typical wintry ingredients such as ground Indian cinnamon, cardamom, pungent cloves, nutmeg, honey and almond nuts. Hailing from the city of Siena in Tuscany, its name means "strong bread." (-- removed HTML --) Marzipan or Martorana: (-- removed HTML --) Originating it's said with the Benedictine sisters in Sicily, Martorana shaped in similarity to candied-dusted fruit of various colors and shapes, is also claimed by Germans, the Spaniards and the French as well.
Made with almond flour, almond paste and sugar, you'll not know what Heaven is like until you've placed these little artistic gems in your mouth.
(-- removed HTML --) Torrone: (-- removed HTML --) All this being said, it seems that almonds are the most used nuts in culinary circles as far as many Italians are concerned. However, coming up close behind in popularity are