List of Italian desserts and pastries

This is a list of Italian desserts and pastries. Italian cuisine has developed through centuries of social and political changes, with roots as far back as the 4th century BCE.

Italian desserts

Bruttiboni is a type of almond-flavoured biscuit made in Prato, central Italy

A

• Angel wings

B

• Barbajada
• Baxin
• Biscuit Tortoni
• Bombolonas
• Bruttiboni
• Budino

C

Cannoli are Sicilian pastry desserts, consisting of tube-shaped shells of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet, creamy filling usually containing ricotta.

Crocette of Caltanissetta, lemon and orange left to right

• Cannoli
• Cassata
• Cavallucci
• Colomba di Pasqua
• Confetti (Jordan almonds)
• Crocetta of Caltanissetta
• Crostata
• Cucidati

F

• Flourless chocolate cake

G

Gelato is the Italian word for ice cream, derived from the Latin word "gelātus" (meaning frozen). It's made with milk, cream, various sugars, and flavoring such as fresh fruit and nut purees.^[1]

• Gelato
• Genoise
• Granita

I

Italian Easter Cookie

• Italian ice

M

• Marron glacé
• Marzipan
• Mustacciuoli

N

• Neapolitan ice cream
• Nocciolini di Canzo
• Nutella

P

Panforte is a traditional Italian dessert containing fruits and nuts, and resembling fruitcake or Lebkuchen.

• Pandoro
• Panettone
• Panforte
• Panna cotta
• Panpepato
• Pastiera ^[2]
• Pignolata
• Pizzelle

R

• Ricciarelli

S

Semifreddo is a class of semi-frozen desserts, typically ice-cream cakes, semi-frozen custards, and certain fruit tarts.

• Sanguinaccio dolce
• Semifreddo
• Sfinge
• Sfogliatelle
• Spumoni
• Struffoli

T

• Tartufo
• Tiramisu
• Torrone
• Torta alla Monferrina

Z

Zuppa Inglese is a custard-based dessert.

• Zabaione
• Zeppole
• Zuccotto
• Zuppa Inglese

Italian pastries

Chocolate and pistachio biscotti

• Baicoli
• Biscotti ^[3]
• Biscotti Regina
• Bocconotto
• Bombolone
• Cannoli
• Ciarduna
• Nocciolini di Canzo
• Ladyfinger
• Pandoro
• Pevarini
• Pignolata
• Pignolo
• Pizzelle
• Sfinge
• Sfogliatelle
• Struffoli
• Torta caprese
• Zeppole
• Zippuli

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  Bocconotto is a pastry typical of the Italian regions of Apulia, Abruzzo, and Calabria, and is often eaten at Christmas.
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  Sfogliatelle are shell-shaped filled pastries native to Italian cuisine.
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  Zeppole is a pastry consisting of a deep-fried dough ball that is dusted with powdered sugar and sometimes filled with various sweets.

See also

• Cuisine
• List of desserts
• List of Italian dishes – Desserts and pastry
• Sicilian cuisine – Desserts and sweets

References

External links

• Media related to Sweet food of Italy at Wikimedia Commons

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