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Traditional Italian products explained through sources and territories.

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Sicilian cannoli filled with ricotta and finished with pistachios and chocolate
Sicilian cannoli · photo mat’s eye · CC BY 2.0
Product · Sicily

Cannoli

Begin with the shell, because that is where the eye goes first. Cannoli are identified as one of Sicily’s defining desserts, and the pastry that names them is not a soft wrap but a brittle…

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Sicilian cassata decorated with candied fruit
Sicilian cassata · photo EraclitoPantaRei · CC0 1.0
Product · Sicily

Cassata siciliana

Begin with the structure you can almost hold in the mind before the knife arrives. A layer of light cake forms part of its outer structure, not as a forgotten base but as a pale envelope…

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White-fleshed squash ribbons: editorial illustration inspired by corresce
Editorial illustration · not a photograph of the dish
Product · Campania

Corresce re cocozza janca di Aquilonia

A strip snaps when bent between the fingers: drying has reached its endpoint. In Aquilonia, corresce turn white squash flesh into thin ribbons dried in the sun.

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Wheels of Bitto maturing on wooden shelves in a cellar
Bitto ageing in a cellar · photo Fabio · CC BY 2.0
Product · Lombardy

Formaggio Bitto

Begin with the name itself. Bitto is not treated here as a distant emblem or a frozen souvenir of the mountains.

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Editorial illustration of an Irpinian autumn pantry with apples, chestnuts, hazelnuts and bread
Autumn in Irpinia · editorial illustration
Product · Campania

Mela zitella

Small and a little uneven, mela zitella does not depend on a perfect shape. Its moment comes with the bite: Regione Campania describes white flesh that is firm and crisp, very juicy, sweet…

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Cut panettone with raisins and candied fruit visible in the crumb
Cut panettone · photo N i c o l a · CC BY 2.0
Product · Lombardy

Panettone di Milano

Call it Milan’s Christmas cake and a picture already begins to form: not an everyday loaf, but a centrepiece whose strongest calendar association is the Christmas table.

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