Tiramisu is a popular Italian dessert

8 Of The Most Popular Italian Desserts You Have To Try

March 31st, 2021, Posted by travelwith2ofus


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If you're visiting Italy, you will surely want to try some of its decadent desserts. You will find out that many Italian regions have developed their own favorite desserts, and it is worth trying a couple of them.

But, are you wondering what are some of the most well-known Italian desserts?

If you are, let's have a look at 8 of the most popular Italian desserts you have to try. Or, at least, try to make at home.





Classic Tiramisu

Tiramisu is an elegant Italian dessert that is layered and very rich. The name Tiramisu, if translated, means "a pick me up."

Main Ingredients
Tiramisu today is typically made of biscuit, espresso coffee, mascarpone, cheese, wine, rum, eggs, sugar, and cocoa powder.


The Origins of Tiramisu
The name comes from the Italian Treviso dialect. Historical records show the origin of Tiramisu as a brothel in the center of Treviso in 1800.


Try this Tiramisu recipe
Ingredients

2 cups mascarpone cheese
5 farm-fresh whole eggs
5 tablespoons sugar
2 cups heavy cream, whipped into stiff peaks
4 espresso shots
1 (8.8-ounce) package Ladyfinger Savioardi cookies by Vicenzi
A sprinkling of cocoa powder by Venchi

Separate the egg yolks from the whites into two different bowls.

Stir the yolks with the sugar and mascarpone until the mixture is pale and sugar dissolved. Separately, whip the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Using a wooden spoon, gently fold the egg whites into the mascarpone mixture, and then gently fold in the whipped heavy cream.

Pour the coffee into a wide bowl, and quickly dunk each cookie into it. Arrange about half of the cookies so that they completely cover the base of a shallow (1½-inch deep) rectangular (11 by 7-inch) dish. Cover the cookies with half of the mascarpone mixture.

Arrange another layer of soaked cookies, and top with remaining mascarpone mixture. Sprinkle with cocoa powder on top.

Cover the dish with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 4 hours before serving the sweet Italian pick-me-up.


Check out the full recipe and instructions from Chef Katia Delogu at Eataly.

Check out this video on how to easily make Tiramisu.


Sfogliatella

Sfogliatella is a filled Italian pastry shaped like a leaf. The term Sfogliatella means small, thin leaf/layer.

This dessert is enjoyed by those who love sweet treats and is best enjoyed straight out of the oven (warm).


Main Ingredients
Some of the ingredients are flour, salt, honey, milk, sugar, semolina, ricotta, egg, and ground cinnamon.


The Origins of Sfogliatella
This dessert is native to Campania. Sfogliatella Santa Rosa was first made in the monastery of Santa Rosa in the 17th century. Pasquale Pintauro managed to get hold of the recipe and began selling them from his store in Naples in 1818.


Check out a simple way to make Sfogliatella.


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Torrone (Turrón in Spanish)

Torrone is a traditional Italian Christmas treat, pretty much a nougat. It is also popular in Spain. In the Italian version, the dessert would have a lower proportion of nuts.

Main Ingredients
The main ingredients of Torrone are sugar, egg honey, and almonds. Torrone's shape is either a rectangle or a circular one.

The Origins of Torrone
The exact origin of Torrone is unclear as there are similar desserts of Arabian origins that were brought to Spain. There is also a similar dish that was popular in ancient Rome.

Check out this video on how to make Torrone with Chef Anna Olson's.


Cassata

Cassata is a traditional dessert from Sicily. It consists of a round sponge cake soaked with fruit juices or liquor before layers of ricotta cheese mixed with candied fruit are added. The cake is then coated in marzipan before pink and green colored icing is applied.

Main Ingredients
The main ingredients are sponge cake, fruit juices, liquor, ricotta cheese, candied fruit marzipan, and icing.

The Origins of Cassata
Cassata is thought to have its origins in Palermo in the 10th century, while Sicily was under Arab rule.

Watch the adorable Giovanna make Cassata.



Cannoli

Cannoli is a delicious Italian pastry made of tubes of fried pastry dough. They are filled with a creamy mixture that typically will contain ricotta.

Main Ingredients
Some of the main ingredients include flour, sugar, butter, Marsala wine, eggs, ricotta, powdered sugar, chocolate chips, and cinnamon.

The Origins of Cannoli
Caltanissetta, Sicily, is thought to be the original place that Cannoli was made, between 827 and 1091 AD.

They were made as a treat to help celebrate Carnevale. They later became so popular and were made all year round in Sicily.

Check out this soothing and funny narration by the Babish Culinary Universe while making Cannoli.



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Panna Cotta

Panna Cotta is Italian for cooked cream. It is a popular Italian dessert that reemerged in the 1960s.

Previously it has been described as a traditional dish from Piedmont.

The dessert consists of sweetened cream that is thickened with gelatin and then molded. The dessert may have other flavors infused.

Main Ingredients
The main ingredients are heavy cream, sugar, gelatin, vanilla pod, berries, with either coffee, vanilla, or other flavors.

The Origins of Panna Cottai
The exact origins are not known. One well-known story claims it was invented by a Hungarian woman living in Piedmont. Others say it came from a similar dessert called Latte Ingles' (English Milk).

Watch the folks at Scrumptious make Panna Cotta.


Pastiera

Pastiera Napoletana is a pie typically eaten during Easter and other Italian celebrations.
The pie is made with cooked wheat and eggs. A Ricotta cheese filling is added, which is flavored with Aroma Millefiori (Flower Essence) or Orange blossom water. The dessert is best eaten cold.

Main Ingredients
Wheat, eggs, ricotta, orange peel, sugar, butter, lard and orange blossom water.

The Origins of Pastiera
This dessert was probably first made in the convent of San Gregorio Armeno. The nuns there were considered exceptional at creating new dishes.

Watch Laura Vitale make Pastiera.


Tartufo

Tartufo is an ice-cream dessert from Italy that typically has two flavors. The ice cream has either frozen fruit or fruit syrup included in the center.

The fruit would usually be raspberry, strawberry, or cherry. This delicious ice cream concoction is covered in an outer shell made from chocolate. Sometimes the shell may contain cinnamon or nuts.

Main Ingredients
Two flavors of ice cream, fruit syrup, fruits, nuts, and or cinnamon.

The Origins of Tartufo
Giuseppe De Maria (Don Pippo) is credited with inventing the dessert by accident during a high society wedding he was catering to in 1952 in Messina. The process he used became an instant hit, and there was a massive demand for the ice cream treat.


Watch Heather Baird make simple Tartufo version.


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