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Desserts

Italian
English
brutti ma buoni almond biscuits from Piedmont
calabresi almond and lemon biscuits
biscotti di Prato (cantucini) e vin santo almond biscuits dunked in wine
ciambella pastry ring
crema fritta fried custard
croccante Italian style Pralinés
diplomatico a dessert with chocolate, rum and coffee
frullati fresh fruit whips
gallette salt and pepper biscuits
gelato ice cream
granita coffee ice with whipped cream
macedonia fruit salad
monte bianco a dessert with chestnuts, cream and chocolate
pisciotta olive oil cake
sbricciolina a crumbly cake from Ferrara
semifreddo a type of dessert
sgroppino Venetian lemon and strawberry slush with spumante
zabaione (zabaglione) made with egg yolk, sugar and marsala
zuccotto called this way as it resembles a type of Venetian hat
zuppa inglese neither soup nor English!

 

The two types of dessert:
  Zuccotto
and
  Macedonia

 

 

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