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🇮🇹 Italian Cuisine

Desserts

10 Recipes

Tiramisù

Classic Italian dessert of espresso-soaked ladyfingers layered with mascarpone cream and dusted with cocoa powder.

Prep 30 mins·🔥Cook 0 mins·🍽Serves 8Medium

Cannoli Siciliani

Crispy fried pastry tubes filled with sweet sheep's milk ricotta, chocolate chips, and candied orange peel.

Prep 30 mins·🔥Cook 20 mins·🍽Serves 12Hard

Panna Cotta

A silky set cream dessert from Piedmont, typically served with a fresh berry coulis or caramel sauce.

Prep 10 mins·🔥Cook 10 mins·🍽Serves 6Easy

Sfogliatelle

Neapolitan shell-shaped pastries with hundreds of flaky layers filled with ricotta, semolina, and candied citrus.

Prep 60 mins·🔥Cook 25 mins·🍽Serves 12Hard

Zeppole di San Giuseppe

Light choux pastry fritters deep-fried or baked and topped with custard cream and a glossy amarena cherry.

Prep 30 mins·🔥Cook 25 mins·🍽Serves 10Medium

Cantucci Biscotti

Twice-baked crunchy almond biscuits from Prato, traditionally dunked in Vin Santo dessert wine.

Prep 20 mins·🔥Cook 35 mins·🍽Serves 24Easy

Torta della Nonna

Grandmother's tart of tender shortcrust pastry filled with lemon pastry cream and topped with pine nuts.

Prep 30 mins·🔥Cook 35 mins·🍽Serves 8Medium

Cassata Siciliana

A festive Sicilian sponge cake soaked in liqueur and filled with sweetened ricotta, marzipan, and candied fruits.

Prep 60 mins·🔥Cook 30 mins·🍽Serves 12Hard

Affogato al Caffè

A scoop of vanilla gelato 'drowned' in a shot of hot espresso, the perfect intersection of dessert and coffee.

Prep 5 mins·🔥Cook 0 mins·🍽Serves 1Easy

Budino di Riso

Individual Florentine rice pudding cakes baked in shortcrust pastry shells with lemon zest and vanilla.

Prep 20 mins·🔥Cook 35 mins·🍽Serves 8Medium