Italian Desserts alla MilaneseItalian desserts - Panettone Classico
For any traveler to Italy, Italian desserts are delicious temptation hard to resist. Almost any coffee bar or pasticceria (sweets shop) in Milan offers an endless varieties of cookies, chocolates or some other invitations. First-time travelers to Italy may be surprised on finding such a diversity of regional food. The same is when talking of typical desserts in Milan and Lombardy region. Here you will find only characteristic sweet dishes alla Milanese. Panettone Panettone literally means a big bread even it has nothing to do with it. It is originally from Milan, used for Christmas in whole Italy. It has the shape like a dome and main ingredients are water, flour, butter, eggs and dried candied fruits and fragranced with vanilla powder. Panetone is served for breakfast as one of the most popular Italian cakes used any time of the year. The origins of Panettone date to the Middle Ages used in Milan from the 15th century. There is a old story about this cake when a poor baker called Toni who had a beautiful daughter, decided to give her hand to the young Milanese aristocrat. The young couple started to create a new variation of this traditional bread, more butter, more eggs and candied orange peel and other dried fruits. Unexpectedly this new creation, known as Pan di Toni, became a favorite cake of wealthy noble Milan families. Later the name has changed to Panettone. The most famous is ‘Le Tre Marie Panettone’ conquering the world with its light and buttery flavor. Panettone is hard to be made at home, specially because of numerous procedures. The most difficult is a rising process. It’s much easier to order it in its elegant and decorative box, practical as a
gift giving Barbaiada beverage Barbaiada is an old Milan beverage, typical italian desserts prepared only in Milan This sweet has as ingredients such as whipped cream, hot chocolate, coffee and milk, it is delicious but with a high caloric content, and it is served hot, which make it a great winter dessert. The history behind this dessert is that the hot chocolate with whipped cream was invented by Domenico Barbaia, an officer of the Scala in Milan and it became popular around the 1830's. Preparation: Prepare a mixture of liquid chocolate (the chocolate must be dissolved in water or milk), add one third of coffee and one third of whipped cream. Put all on the moderate fire and steer it or shake so that makes the foam. It can be used as a hot beverage but in summer it’s also good cold. Ingredients for 4: 1 cup espresso coffee, 2 cups milk, two cups water, two spoonfuls of bitter cocoa, sugar. Mix all the ingredients together in a saucepan and place on low heat, beating continuously. When it's hot and a whitish froth has appeared on the surface, it's ready. Pour into cups and top with whipped cream. 
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