What is the best italian dessert?

Question

I am cooking an Italian meal for my wife and 3 of her friends.
Starter and main course sorted.Stuck for dessert.I don't want to do Tiramisu as it's too obvious and to be honest,overrated.

What's wrong with my spelling?

Sorry,Desert.

Thanks daisy the cow.I thought i was right.
Can people please stop telling me to do a Tiramisu.Read the question.

Answer 1

Panna Cotta is a delicous Italian Dessert.

I have included links to websites with recipes for it.

Answer 2

Firstly, you were right first time with your spelling of dessert. The other is a hot sandy place (like the sahara, etc). A very simple and delicious Italian dessert is some good vanilla ice cream served with a shot of Amaretto liquer and some biscotti. It's also a really light finish to a meal, and as you rightly say, not as obvious as tiramisu.

Answer 3

How about cannoli's? Check out the link. If those are too heavy, you might try to find Italian ice cream. Not the sherbet stuff that some people try to pass off as Italian ice cream, but the real stuff. It's flavorful and a little lighter than the stuff we're used to.

Answer 4

CROSTATA DI FRUTTA
Fruit Tart
1 cup flour
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
1 orange
3 egg yolks
2 cups fruit preserve or marmalade
1/2 cup butter
2 tbs. butter
1 tbs. honey
1 tbs. granulated sugar
Mix the flour with the sugar and the grated orange rind. Make a fontana then knead in the softened butter in pieces, the honey and 2 egg yolks. Knead only long enough to mix the ingredients thoroughly. Use 2/3 of the pastry to line a buttered, sugar dusted tart pan. Spread the jam over the pastry. Brush the remaining dough with a beaten egg yolk and use this dough to make strips and lay them over the tart in a criss-cross pattern. Bake at 350ºF for about 35 mins.

Answer 5

try this one
Walnut Poteca.
This recipe is time consuming to make, but worth the effort. The rolls freeze well when wrapped securely with foil. You will have enough to feed an Army, but it will disappear quickly!"


INGREDIENTS
1 ounce butter
2 tablespoons and 3/4 teaspoon white sugar
7/8 egg yolks
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup and 2 teaspoons warm milk
1/8 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
1-1/3 cups and 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 ounce honey
3 tablespoons and 2-1/4 teaspoons hot milk
1/4 cup white sugar
7/8 egg whites
6 ounces ground walnuts
DIRECTIONS
Beat butter, 2 cups sugar, and egg yolks. Dissolve yeast in 4 cups of warm milk. Add salt. Combine with flour and knead until dough is no longer sticky. Cut into 14 equal pieces. Place on floured wax paper and cover with tea towels, let rise while making nut filling.
Heat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Combine honey, 3 1/4 cups hot milk, 3 1/2 cups white sugar, egg whites and ground walnuts.
Roll out one piece of dough into a large rectangle about 3/4 inch thick and spread with about 1 1/4 cups filling. Roll up jellyroll fashion and place on cookie sheet, seam side down. Brush with an egg wash (1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon cold water). Repeat with remaining dough. You may bake 2 rolls on a sheet. Bake 35 minutes.
Servings Per Recipe: 4

Amount Per Serving

Calories: 619

Total Fat: 35.2g
Cholesterol: 66mg
Sodium: 140mg
Total Carbs: 67.6g
Dietary Fiber: 4g
Protein: 13.4g

Answer 6

I didn't think Italians had any good desserts apart from
a cheese cake ..oh and that overrated tiramisu..
try your hand in making Turkish dessert ...baklava
you and your wife's friends will love it ..

Answer 7

Ive always been a big fan of Italian Cream cake. Decadent but simple!

(And how sweet are you for making dinner & dessert for your wife and her girlfriends? I love when my S.O. cooks for me. It's just the most thoughtful gesture.)


Ingredients
1 stick margarine, (4 ounces)
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 cup buttermilk
1 small can flaked coconut
5 egg whites, stiffly beaten
1/2 cup shortening
5 egg yolks
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans, or walnuts
.
Frosting:
1 package cream cheese, softened (8oz)
1 box confectioners' sugar, (1 pound)
1/2 stick margarine, softened (4 Tbs)
1 teaspoon vanilla

PREPARATION:
Cream margarine and shortening; add sugar. Add egg yolks and beat well. Combine soda and flour; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in vanilla. Add coconut and nuts. Fold in egg whites. Pour into 3 greased and floured cake pans; bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.

Frosting: Beat cream cheese until smooth; stir in sugar. Add vanilla and beat until smooth. Spread on cake layers; sprinkle top with chopped nuts.

Answer 8

Italian kisses? It's quick to take out of the box and drizzle some cream over.

Answer 9

Italian deserts are not the best to be honest, it is the one area of cuisine where we out perform them! There is however on exception: Italian Ice cream, if you can get hold of this then you'll be quids in, it's absolutely delicious

Answer 10

italian rum cake sooo delicious ,but alot of work , maybe just pignoli cookies and some other assorted italian cookies and mini-italian pastry would be a fine ending along with cappuccino/espresso (don't forget the sambuco) enjoy yourself your wife is a lucky woman! p.s. I love good tiramisu!