St. Joseph’s Day Pastries are traditional Italian pastries specifically prepared on March 19th each year to celebrate the feast of St. Joseph Day. The pastry shells are deep-fried are filled or topped with a vanilla pastry cream, dusted with powdered sugar, and topped with a cherry or sour cherry preserves (Amarena cherries ideally but maraschino...
Let me tell you about this little slice of Italian heaven: ricotta cheesecake. It’s all about that smooth velvety ricotta with just the right hint of lemon to make it sing. It’s so easy to make, with just a few ingredients, a quick mixing time, and has no crust. A sublime fusion of traditional cheesecake...
Soft amaretti cookies (amaretti morbidi) are another classic Italian cookie that makes you feel like you’re strolling through Italy. A close cousin to pignoli cookies, all you need is some almond flour (or peeled almonds), sugar, egg whites, and almond extract (optimally bitter almond extract too but that’s very hard to find) to whip up...