Category sweets

Generality Nutella® is a sweet food produced by the Ferrero company. It is a lipid-based spreadable cream, flavored with hazelnut and cocoa. It is a notoriously high calorie product which it would be good practice to use sporadically and not systematically; eating nutella® in large portions every day favors the increase of body fat and, in association with other risk factors, can be harmful to health.

Generality Definition: Pandoro is a leavened cake typical of the Veneto region (the most famous is from Verona, where it is assumed may have originated). As for the panettone, also the consumption of pandoro is concentrated mainly in the winter period, especially close to the Christmas holidays. Pandoro description: the pandoro is tall and truncated-conical, with a circular base and a star-shaped body section

Generality Sponge cake is a basic pastry preparation; it represents the basis for the preparation of soft, stuffed and / or glazed cakes. The sponge cake can be flavored or neutral prepared, further enhancing the composition of the filling or icing. It looks like a sweet and very soft bread, with a weak crust, a rather yellow color (depending on the type of eggs used) and a weak crumb due to the low presence of gluten

What's this Panettone is a typical Italian leavened cake, especially from the area between Lombardy and Piedmont; the most famous is Milan. Especially in the regions bordering on those of origin, for centuries "doped" (spicy) breads very similar to the Milanese panettone have been produced; for example: natal bolognese (Bologna), pan speziale (Bologna) and pandose or pan di natale (Genoa)

What's this What is shortbread? Short pastry is a very popular pastry dough. In its innumerable variants, it is necessary for popular recipes such as tarts and biscuits, or more sought after but not less traditional, such as the Ferrara-style pie - a savory single dish similar to a pie, covered with shortcrust pastry, filled of maccheroni mashed with white ragù, béchamel and truffle.

What is that Agave syrup - in the Anglo-Saxon language "agave syrup" or "agave nectar - is a sweet food used as a natural sweetener. It is produced by processing some Species of the genus Agave , including the American , the tequilana (or blue agave) and the Salmiana . Agave syrup has a superior sweetening power and a lower density than honey; most of the commercial demand for agave syrup is satisfied by Mexican and South African productions

In the article we will refer only to the sweet strudel, in particular to that of apples, excluding the particular versions (pear strudel, rhubarb, blueberries, ricotta, jam, coconut etc.) and the savory ones to use as an appetizer or first course (eg. vegetable strudel, sauerkraut, etc.). Generality Strudel is a typical dessert of Alpine mountain cuisine; as regards Italy, it is mainly produced in the regions: Trentino Alto Adige, Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia

What is Maple Juice Maple juice: general information Maple juice is synonymous with "maple syrup". It is a sweet food derived from the sap, more precisely from the xylem, of some trees like red maple and black maple (Genus Acer ). Typical of cold climates, these maples take advantage of the warm season to accumulate starch inside the trunk and roots

Generality Nougat is a sweet Italian food product, of which two varieties are mainly recognized: hard and soft (obviously different for some ingredients and cooking process). The nougat is consumed mainly in the winter period at the turn of the Christmas holidays; however, contrary to what one might believe, nougat is NOT a difficult food to find abroad

What's this What is waffle maker? Waffel, also spelled "wafel" or "waffle" or "wafle" and known in Belgian francophone as "gaufre", is the name of a sweet recipe typical of Central Europe, more precisely from France and Belgium. The waffle iron is a kind of compromise between a pancake and a crispy waffle