6 Irresistible Italian Desserts You Must Try!

(1) Easy To Make Tiramisu - An Italian indulgence made of mascarpone custard and coffee soaked cake, even tea drinkers love. Light, delicious and no baking. Best Classic Tiramisu Recipe. So easy to make, no baking. Tiramisu is an Italian and very popular mascarpone custard and coffee soaked cake. So delicious even tea drinkers love. Light, delicious and made without baking. Made from bought sponge ladyfingers, dipped in coffee and layered with a mascarpone whipped egg mixture and topped with cocoa. This version doesn’t use cream yet still very creamy and totally indulgent. Originated in the region of Veneto in Italy in the 1960’s. Despite its complexity, this version requires very few ingredients and is quite simple to make. A great no bake dinner party dessert as it’s all made in advance the day before. Tiramisu, one of the best cake recipes you’ll ever make without baking.

(2) Crispy Cannoli - With ricotta filling and Pistachio Nuts. A tube shaped fried shell filled with a lemon ricotta cheese cream.Common Italian pastry that originated in Sicily. You can use wine which is more traditional but I prefer a sweet Marsala. Any pastry off cuts make great snacks, so just fry those too with some powdered sugar. Enjoy my Crispy Cannoli with ricotta filling and Pistachio Nuts

(3) Italian Apple Cake - Soft and Moist with raisins and optional rum
This apple cake is a variation from the Italian Umbrian specialty. It is rich in fruit containing at least 80 percent fruit and is deliciously soft and moist. The addition of delicate pears and soaked raisins brings this recipe to another level. The rum is totally optional, but if you like the taste of rum in your desserts, please add it in, you will love this.Cover and refrigerate once cooled down, and it’s best to serve it warm. Try and use good quality cooking pears and apples for a better result. For the cake pan, the size I used is a 9inch – 23cm spring form. Enjoy my Italian Apple Cake today!

(4) Vanilla Panna Cotta with Strawberry Sauce. Gelatine free, served with berries. This Vanilla Panna Cotta is one of the most decadent and delicious dessert you will taste. Topped with strawberry sauce, garnished with berries and crushed pistachio nuts. This will amaze you! Panna Cotta means “cooked cream” in Italian. Most panna cottas are made using gelatine which sometimes can be problematic. If the gelatine has been stored for months or years and becomes old, chances are it won’t set properly. If there’s too much gelatine, your decadent dessert can turn into hockey puck. Great if you own a hockey stick and love sports! Gelatine can also have a peculiar smell at times. This version, using egg whites, is more traditional and gives you amazing results. Plus everyone has access to eggs, gelatine is a harder to come by. I have nothing against panna cotta made using gelatine if made right, it is just a little trickier to get perfect. Buy a good quality cream with high fat content. It is after all about the cream. Resting it in the fridge overnight will make them a little firmer and easier to unmould. But if you’re in a hurry, 4 hours is a minimum. Once unmoulded, you should see a nice jiggle to them, if you do, then you know you have perfection! Top them with the strawberry sauce, garnish with berries, pistachio nuts.

(5) Affogato - Gelato and Coffee Italian Dessert. Are you a coffee lover? Then this is one of the yummiest desserts you can ever taste!  Made with two or three ingredients, Affogato is also one of the simplest desserts to make, and that’s always a bonus.  There is however a catch, it has to be made with the finest and freshest ingredients you can get your hands on.  The vanilla gelato or ice cream has to be the real deal.  Made with actual vanilla bean, the one with the little specks of black (They’re the vanilla pod seeds).  The ice cream has to be made with eggs that have been cooked into a crème Anglaise otherwise the egg and coffee flavour won’t taste as good. 

(6) Zabaglione with Raspberries. Simple to make with three ingredients
Zabaglione, an Italian simple and delectable dessert made with few basic ingredients.  It’s made with  egg yolks, sugar and Marsala or another form of liqueur.  It’s a very light, whipped custard dessert that can be served with fresh berries, fruits like mangoes or peaches or simply with crunchy Italian style  biscuits.  It’s quite surprising when you first taste it how amazing the flavour can be for such a basic recipe.

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