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Tuscany : Tuscan Sweets

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1. Gelato

Florence makes the world’s best ice cream, a milk-and egg-yolk based frozen snack much denser and tastier than the packaged, air-fluffed “ice cream” made outside Italy. Make sure it’s produzione propria (home-made).
2. Cantucci

Small, hard, half-moon almond biscuits – best from Prato – called biscotti outside Tuscany. Dip them in Vin Santo (a white dessert wine).
3. Panforte

The world’s only decent fruitcake, a dense chewy nougat studded with fruits, nuts and spices.
4. Torta della Nonna

The traditional, creamy “Grandmother’s pie”, topped with pinoli pine nuts.
5. Ricciarelli

Thick, soft, chewy Sienese honey and almond paste cakes dusted with powered sugar.
6. Zuppa Inglese

Florentine version of English trifle. Rum-soaked sponge cake stained red with alkermes liqueur and topped with pastry cream.
7. Brutti ma Buoni

“Ugly but good” cakes, slightly chewy in a crisp shell.
8. Ossi di Morti

Airy, brittle Sienese “bones of the dead” biscuits.
9. Zuccotto

Florentine sponge cake stuffed with a mousse of chocolate, sweets and nuts.
10. Pan Pepato

Medieval forerunner to Siena’s panforte , a dense spice cake sweetened with fruits and honey.