Rosetta Costantino
An authentic guide to the festive, mouthwatering sweets of Southern Italy, including regional specialties that are virtually unknown in this country as well as variations on more popular desserts such as cannoli, biscotti, and gelato.,Â Â Â Â Â As a follow-up to her acclaimedÂ ,My Calabria,, Rosetta Costantino collects 75 favorite desserts from her Southern Italian homeland, including the regions of Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Puglia, and Sicilia. These areas have a history of rich traditions and tasty, beautiful desserts, many of them tied to holidays and festivals. For example, in the Cosensa region of Calabria, Christmas means plates piled withÂ ,grispelle,Â (warm fritters drizzled with local honey) andÂ ,pitta 'mpigliata,Â (pastries filled with walnuts, raisins, and cinnamon). For the feast ofÂ ,Carnevale,, Southern Italians celebrate withÂ ,bugie,("liars")--sweet fried dough dusted in powdered sugar, meant to tattle on those who sneak off with them by leaving a wispy trail of sugar. With fail-proof recipes and information on the desserts' cultural origins and context, Costantino illuminates the previously unexplored confectionary traditions of this enchanting region.
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Southern Italian Desserts: The Great Undiscovered Recipes of Sicily, Campania, Puglia, and Beyond