Desserts

Classic Italian Frittelle

Whether handed out in great piles on large serving plates, or picked up from temporary stalls at religious or cultural festivals, the fritter is one of the c...

How to Make Amaretto Cheesecake

With apologies to the late Marilyn Monroe, the fact is that in Italy almonds are a girl’s best friend. The boys are equally fond of the taste, too. In fact...

How To Make Chocolate Amaretti Cake

Guess who forgot to buy you something nice during their stay in Italy and had to resort to dashing into the speciality shop at the airport? Could have been y...

How to Make Traditional Sweet Ravioli

Good things come in small packages. In the case of the diminutive casing of pasta dough known as the raviolo, that means big flavours delivered by an impress...

Italian Ice Cream Desserts

Whisper it quietly but are the Italians really that good when it comes to desserts? After the simple refinement of the pasta, meat and salad, the arrival of...

Monte Bianco: Iconic Chestnut and Chocolate Cake

Chestnuts, chocolate and cream – there’s nothing like a little autumnal indulgence to make up for the drop in temperature and loss of daylight. But the c...

Tiramisu

Coffee cream and some biscuits sounds like a reasonable offering for the dessert course, but the Italians not surprisingly have taken the combination and tur...

Why Capri is the Place to Enjoy Torta Al Limone

The reflections of the bright summer Mediterranean sun on the Tyrrhenian sea is an excuse few people need for donning their shades when visiting the coast of...