Christmas sweets

Italian Christmas sweets, typical jewels

Pandoro, Panettone, torrone. Beyond these big ones, there is a very long list of delicious  Christmas sweets Italian, now sought after well beyond the end-of-year holiday period. Typical from some cities of the Bel Paese, in many cases considered national sweets. And abroad they embody a symbol of Made in Italy, becoming a tasty and trendy detail of Christmas menus.

The map of exquisite Italian sweets is quite rich. In Piedmont, the Tronchetto is a mix with chocolate, brandy, mascarpone. In Trentino-Alto Adige you come across Zelten, a fruity and decidedly spiced bread. In Liguria the pandolce, a focaccia with candied fruit and raisins. In Tuscany, the Panforte Siena disturbs the senses with its filling of almonds and oranges. And from the same region originate the Ricciarelli, inimitable almond-based Christmas biscuits.

Chasing Italian aromas southward, typical sweets aplenty. And pleasure. Here are the Cartellate from Puglia. Anise, cooked must, and cinnamon. Arriving in Campania, Struffoli cannot be missed, fried dough balls sprinkled with honey, which in Umbria and Marche return almost identical, but with the name Cicerchiata. Typical  Christmas typical originating from Calabria are dried figs, for the occasion filled with every goodness. Precious gifts for a tasteful Christmas.