Dessert Recipes

A beloved pastry from Lecce in Puglia. A small, oval pie made with a lard-based shortcrust (pasta frolla) and filled with a dense, lemon-scented pastry cream.

The ultimate minimalist dessert. A scoop of freezing cold, artisanal vanilla or fior di latte gelato 'drowned' in a shot of boiling hot espresso.

A rustic, ancient, naturally vegan and gluten-free autumn cake from Tuscany. Made purely of chestnut flour, water, olive oil, pine nuts, and rosemary.

A decadent Father's Day treat. Rings of light choux pastry, either fried or baked, topped with a mountain of thick pastry cream and crowned with a single amarena cherry.

Verona's 'Golden Bread'. A towering, eight-pointed star-shaped Christmas cake. Incredibly buttery, intensely vanilla-scented, and lacking any dried fruit, heavily dusted with powdered sugar.

The majestic Milanese Christmas bread. A towering, incredibly light, butter-and-egg-rich sweet bread studded with raisins and candied citrus peel, taking days to make using a natural sourdough starter.

The flamboyant king of Sicilian desserts. A sponge cake layered with sweetened ricotta and chocolate chips, encased in green marzipan, and covered in intricate royal icing and candied fruit.

Grandmother's Cake. A comforting Tuscan tart featuring a tender shortcrust pastry filled with a thick, lemon-scented pastry cream, completely covered with pine nuts.

Hard, crunchy, twice-baked almond cookies from Tuscany. Packed with whole almonds and perfectly designed to be dunked into sweet dessert wine.

The quintessential Italian home-baked tart. A buttery, lemon-scented shortcrust pastry filled with a thick layer of high-quality fruit jam, topped with a lattice crust.

A wildly frothy, warm custard made by vigorously whisking egg yolks, sugar, and sweet wine over a double boiler until it becomes a light, boozy cloud.

The architectural marvel of Neapolitan pastry. A shell of incredibly thin, crackling, distinct layers of dough (like a lobster tail), filled with a fragrant semolina and ricotta cream.