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Italian dessert recipes

The best and easy Italian dessert recipes are tiramisu, zabaione, panna cotta and other recipes most often served as gourmet desserts.

As for tiramisu, there are industrialized choices (panna cotta is one of them) if you don't feel like doing it yourself (or maybe don't have enough time).

tiramisu Italian dessert recipe

Obviously the home-made ones are better, but I must admit that there are some industrialized ones that are quite good.

Click here for the real tiramisu recipe

Tiramisu means "pick me up" and the reason for this name comes from many different sources.

Some say it's just because it contains coffee and so it "wakes" and picks one up. Others say that this dessert was created in XVII century Siena, when some pastry chefs decided to prepare a dessert for the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo de Medici.

Legend says that it became the favorite dessert of noblemen who attributed aphrodisiac and exciting properties to it, explaining the reason for its name.

Another version says that a Turin pastry chef, wishing to support the Count of Cavour in his difficult enterprise of unifying Italy, created this special dessert.

Zabaione has its origins in Turin, as its name comes from San Pasquale Baylon.
As you can see in these recipes, Italian desserts are made with genuine and fresh ingredients.

zabaione

These easy Italian dessert recipes need no more than 5 fresh and easy-to-find ingredients, as does all Italian cuisine. Click here for the recipe

panna cotta

Amongst theese easy Italian dessert recipes, panna cotta is a less well-known dessert that originated in the Piedmont region, but is nonetheless, very tasty. Nowadays it is displaying a re-emergence and it is commonly found in menus and is always present among the main Italian dessert recipes.

It is a milk cream pudding that ends a meal in a very pleasing way.
One can use red fruits, berries, chocolate or caramel topping.

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Italian crostata reminds us of the home-made pies of our grandmothers. Try it and you'll discover what a wonderful aroma will emanate from your oven.

You can do it using traditional fruit jam, but it can also be varied by using apples, Nutella or even dried fruit.

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crostata

Italian amaretto is typically found throughout Italy. As I live in Sardinia, I am loyal to the Sardinian desserts  I have loved - from the first time I tried them.

amaretto amond cookies

Even if there are only a few ingredients, this is the most delicate of recipes and you'll need to get plenty of practice! Still, I assure you, it's worth the try!

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The Italian savoiardi is a typical biscuit, once only homemade, that became more famous as used in tiramisu and zuppa inglese recipes.

savoiardi biscuit for tiramisu

It is a simple recipe that do not contain fat, only wheat flour, eggs and sugar.

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