| e history of desserts, famous Italian dessert recipes | | | | Italian gelato is popular outside Italy and this ice cream |
| definitely stand out. Italian desserts range in flavor from | | | | is made with sugar, milk and flavoring. Gelato is not |
| bitter to sweet and they go nicely with a glass of wine. | | | | churned as much as regular ice cream, which makes it |
| In Italy, the locals are just as likely to eat a piece of fruit | | | | dense rather than airy or light. A lot of Italian desserts |
| for dessert as an indulgent, creamy confection. | | | | are very heavy and they are best eaten in small |
| You might have paid a visit to an Italian bakery and, if | | | | portions. Perhaps Italian desserts are too rich for you, in |
| so, you will have seen a large range of biscotti and | | | | which case you can make your own and alter the |
| cookies. The Italians enjoy dipping their biscotti in red | | | | ingredients to suit your taste. |
| wine. Many Italian cookies are sweet but not | | | | Jello and Italian Dessert Recipes |
| extremely sweet and a lot of the flavoring comes | | | | Jello and gelato go together very nicely, although this is |
| from the light glaze on top, as well as the nuts or | | | | a combination that might not have crossed your mind |
| candied fruit in the cookies. Biscotti are well known in | | | | before. If you combine jello powder, boiling water and |
| the United States but the Italians eat more hard, slightly | | | | jello, you can make a light dessert with a great flavor |
| sweet twice baked cookies than biscotti. The cookies | | | | and texture. You can combine many different jello |
| are baked twice to remove moisture and make them | | | | flavors and gelato flavors. Using sugar free jello means |
| hard, dry, and crumbly. | | | | you can trim a lot of calories from the finished dessert |
| Very Famous Italian Desserts | | | | too. |
| Tiramisu is thought to have originated in Siena. Duke | | | | You can mix ice cream, kool aid, and jello in your ice |
| Cosimo de Medici enjoyed it so much that it spread | | | | cream machine if you have one, to make a light and |
| around the world with Italian immigrants. Tiramisu is a | | | | refreshing dessert, which is particularly great on warm |
| delicious combination of lady finger cookies, liquor, | | | | summer evenings. Jello goes well with a lot of different |
| espresso, cocoa, mascarpone cheese, and eggs. | | | | ingredients and fruit trifle is a good example. |
| Panettone is a tasty Italian dessert cake. It originated in | | | | Jello complements the flavors of chocolate, fruit, |
| Milan and is found in cafes and Italian bakeries all over | | | | custard and much more. You can use it to make |
| the world during the festive season. Panettone is | | | | wonderful recipes like strawberry jello pretzel sala or |
| dome-shaped and flavored with candied fruit and | | | | to stretch Italian recipes further to feed a large family. |
| raisins. The Italians eat it with mascarpone cheese or | | | | Simple ideas such as poking holes in an Italian cake or |
| zabaglione custard and some liqueur or wine on the | | | | sweet bread, pouring over jello and allowing it to set is |
| side. | | | | a great dessert, which all the family will enjoy. |