Minne di Sant’Agata
Yes, the translation of this boobies-like dessert is “St. Agata’s Boobies”, pretty self explanatory and it doesn’t leave any room for mistakes! They are white, round and indistinguishable, with a strong taste and full of feelings that are combined with devotion and tradition: the “Minne di Sant’Agata”, a typical Sicilian dessert, are devoured especially on the occasion of the feast dedicated to the patroness of city of Catania, St. Agata.
Buccellato
If the Italian tradition wants that the typical sweets of the Christmas holidays are Panettone and Pandoro, in the Sicilian culinary tradition there is a much loved dessert, which manages to hold up the comparison rather well, and which cannot be missing in all our tables : the buccellato (or cucciddatu). The protagonist in this case are the dried figs, with which a filling is prepared enriched with almonds, walnuts, sultanas, cinnamon and chocolate. A delight to which it is impossible to escape! Never tried a buccellato in your life? You can grab some here or try our recipe here!
Setteveli
The Sette Veli (Seven Veils) cake is a masterpiece of the patisserie from Palermo. The ability to create the best Sette Veli Cake of all is currently attributed to the Cappello pastry shop in Palermo. This marvelous delight is called seven veils because it contains seven layers composed of chocolate crunch, hazelnut Bavarian cream, dark chocolate Bavarian cream and cocoa sponge cake, all wrapped in a wonderful chocolate frosting. Composed of several layers, it requires a lot of preparation time and numerous ingredients but as a result, you will get a splendid dessert, an explosion of pure gluttony.
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Not to insult anybody but who had idea of making people around the world casually say “I’ve eaten St. Agata’s Boobies and they were delicious”? It’s the most sacrilegious, metal thing I’ve ever heard about to be widely socially accepted XD