Italian desserts at home: a simple and tasty path to the heart

Italy is known for its culinary diversity, and among them, a special place is occupied by original traditional desserts. Italian sweets are known to be made with fresh ingredients, such as cream and cheese.

These desserts have a light texture, often complemented by a generous sugar filling or glaze. Among the most famous Italian desserts that you can learn and try at home is panna cotta, writes NewsBytes.

To prepare: boil water, add gelatin and mix well. Also, add the cream to the saucepan along with the fresh vanilla pod and sugar and mix well. Then add the gelatin and mix again.

Then remove the vanilla bean and pour it into the mold when it has cooled. Then cool and remove the mold. Finally, in a frying pan, fry together the cranberries, strawberries, raspberries, sugar, and balsamic vinegar.

Another classic Italian dessert is Tiramisu. To make it, whisk sugar and egg yolks. Also, beat the cream cheese and add the mixture of eggs and sugar to make sure everything is well combined. Then beat the egg whites and add them to the mixture.

Finally, soak the sponge cake strips in the coffee and place them on a platter. Put the cream mixture, then the cake strips, and then more cream mixture. Refrigerate for six hours, sprinkle with cocoa powder, and serve.

Zabaglione custard dessert is made from whipped egg whites, to which sugar is added and whipped well. Then add the yolks and flour. Put the mixture on a buttered and floured baking sheet. Sprinkle with cocoa powder and bake for 10-12 minutes.

Then spoon the strawberry puree-sugar mixture onto a plate. Top the sponge cake and add one slice of orange. Heat the egg yolks, sugar, and orange juice and spoon over the orange slice.

Baba pies are made by mixing yeast, milk, and flour. Then add the flour, yeast mixture, sugar, and eggs to a bowl and mix. Finally, add the butter and salt and mix again, then let the dough rise for three hours. Also, heat the lemon zest, sugar, rum, and orange zest. Bake the dough for 30-35 minutes in separate molds. At the end, dip each baba into the syrup, cool, and serve.

Milk vanilla ice cream is made as follows: pour gelatin into a cup of milk and set aside. Heat the rest of the milk and sugar and boil the mixture. Add the gelatin mixture and boil. Then pour into a container with a tight lid. Finally, freeze the mixture and whip it with a hand whisk. Put it back in the freezer, then whip it again. Freeze again and serve chilled.