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« Season's glimpses | Main | Recipe: Saltimbocca alla Romana » December 23, 2005Italian holiday sweets
While Americans lick candy canes and gobble down mom's homemade sugar cookies, Italians have a bit of a different idea as far as holiday sweets go. Panettone is a traditional cake found at any supermarket during this season. Ready-made and boxed, it's basically a sweet loaf of bread with dried pieces of fruit. Panettone can also be found plain or with chocolate chips. My favorite treat, however, is torrone. (I wish my supermarket carried it all year round)! It is an oversized candy bar: Pure chocolate with hazelnuts. The best part is that it's so thick you have to cut it with a steak knife. Posted by Kelsea CommentsThere are other tasty sweets and cakes, for example: Pandoro, ricciarelli or saporelli (sweets made by sugar and almond but you can find them also chocolate covered)and panforte. http://www.whatscookingamerica.net/Cake/panforte.htm Bye Posted by: Federico at September 13, 2006 9:03 AM |
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There are other tasty sweets and cakes, for example: Pandoro, ricciarelli or saporelli (sweets made by sugar and almond but you can find them also chocolate covered)and panforte.
http://www.whatscookingamerica.net/Cake/panforte.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandoro
http://www.italianfoodforever.com/iff/news.asp?id=190
Bye
Posted by: Federico | September 13, 2006 9:03 AM