For Christmas this too is a typical dessert that cannot be missed on our tables. So easy to make and so soft and sweet that it melts in your mouth….
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Tuscan Christmas cookies (Cavallucci di Siena)
We offer you another typical Sienese dessert that we cook for every Christmas. The recipe was left as a dowry by Natalina, a family friend of our Deborah to whom we…
Panettone with sourdough
Finally, we could only conclude our Christmas recipes if not with the King of sweets …. Panettone! The recipe is particularly elaborate and therefore it is especially suitable for those…
Siena pancakes
This pancakes made with pork’s blood are a tradition in the Tuscan countryside and farms families used to prepare this “dessert” in the period before the carnival, that is, when…
Panpepato from Siena (Tuscan gingerbread)
Some historical notes of gingerbread, sweet of Siena tradition, very spicy and therefore considered rich in the past. In the famous battle of Monteaperti in 1260 the Florentines, tired from…
San Giuseppe pancakes – classic recipe from Siena
This recipe was left to me by Nonna Elvira and, given its Sienese origins, it does not include the use of the egg in the dough as many others use…
Apple and cinnamon pancakes
Here is a valid alternative to the classic rice pancakes which in Siena, during the Carnival period, represent the dessert par excellence. This recipe with apples and cinnamon has an…
Carnival biscuits with white vinegar
For all Italian Carnival fans! The secret of the recipe is precisely the white wine vinegar that maintains the famous “chiacchiere” or “frappe“, which you can say, much more crunchy and…
Panforte (Tuscan Christmas fruitcake)
The recipe for the Christmas cake that can not miss on your tables for this Christmas. Among other things, PANFORTE is also a fairly simple dessert to make, the spices…
Saffron panna cotta with salted almond brittle
This is absolutly a dessert that reflects 100% of our territory. San Gimignano is home to many beauties and delicacies and saffron is certainly a distinctive element of this wonderful…