Easter is upon us and chocolate eggs and bunnies are popping up everywhere. Less represented in the Easter array is the spring lamb. The ubiquitous Colomba (a fluffy dove-shaped Easter cake flavoured with candied citron zest) may be the most popular Italian Easter cake. However, there is another Easter cake which shares the same origin…
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Apple tart: caramelised apples with vanilla custard baked in a crisp shell
I was window shopping at one of my favourite pastry shops in Torino, Perino Vesco. In the window, I spied a tart with caramelised apples melting into a creamy vanilla custard cradled by crisp pastry. About the same time, a reader was asking me about fruit and custard tarts. By happy coincidence, when I got…
Montebianco: the most delicious cure for ski nostalgia
We are nearing the end of ski season but the memory of Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc) lives on in an edible form. This dessert was created in honour of the majestic Monte Bianco, visible even from long distances away in Italy and France. The ingredients make the most of local ingredients- their luscious cream from Alpine…
Pizzocheri: the buckwheat pasta gem from Valtellina
We are finally nearing the end of winter. The bird have returned, the sun is shining and the crocuses have sprung from the soil. Ski season is still here though and with that the bounty of the mountains in the winter….cheese, glorious cheese. In my mind, skiing is intertwined with melted cheese. Whether this is…