Tag: Lombardy

In love with traditional Italian Christmas desserts? Let's discover the Italian Christmas dessert recipes you need to try in the most wonderful time of the year!   Christmas desserts are an integral part of Christmas tradition in many countries. Italy offers a wide range of Christmas desserts, both artisanal and industrial, all characterised by local ingredients and by the oldest recipes handed down from generation to generation. Let's discover together the most famous traditional Italian Christmas desserts to sample during this holidays.   Taste Italian Christmas sweets! Create your tailor-made trip with our local Experts   Panettone, the "king" of Italian Christmas desserts It is a traditional Italian Christmas dessert from Lombardy, created in Milan and shrouded in mystery. According to the most famous legend, Panettone was invented around 1600, when a cake called "Christmas Bread" appeared for the first time in the expense register of the Borromeo College of Pavia, on the occasion of the lunch held on December 25 for the students of the institution. Panettone is one of the most popular Italian Christmas desserts - thanks to the industrialization that allows every year its large-scale production and distribution all over the Peninsula -, as well as abroad. In Milan there are many pastry shops that keep the traditional method alive and are appreciated by food lovers. The recipe is very simple and consists of a leavened dough based on water, flour, butter and egg yolk, enriched with exquisite candied fruit and raisins.     Pandoro It is a traditional dessert from Verona and owes its name to the Venetian dialect "Pan de oro" (that is to say, bread of gold), in honour of the rich Venetians who used to eat this sweet during Christmas. Together with the Milanese Panettone, Pandoro is an institution of Italian holiday desserts.