dessert/dolci Archives

Fragole al vino rosso (Strawberries in Red Wine)

2 June 2018

We’re in the midst of strawberry season, that blessed time of year when you can buy strawberries from local farmers […]

7 April 2018

It wouldn’t be a proper Easter dinner in Naples without a pastiera napoletana for dessert, as essential to the Neapolitan Easter

10 February 2018

Migliaccio, a crustless Neapolitan Semolina Cake, is a traditional sweet dish for Carnevale, may be less well known than the

22 December 2017

Struffoli, small balls of dough fried and then covered in honey, is the quintessential Christmas sweet of Naples and its

12 August 2017

Chocolate Eggplant? It sounds like a culinary joke or some newfangled fusion dish. In reality, melanzane al cioccolato is a perfectly

8 July 2017

I don’t have much of a sweet tooth. As I’ve mentioned before, dessert at home usually consists of a piece of

8 April 2017

It may come as a surprise, but Italy has a long tradition of Jewish cookery. Jews have been living in

10 February 2017

Cantucci, also known as biscotti di Prato, are perhaps the best known of Italian cookies. Made from a simple dough of

21 October 2016

No one understands simplicity quite like the Tuscans. As Leonardo da Vinci famously said, “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”. This