WINTER FESTIVALS
Italians celebrate the following winter
celebrations:
Christmas (the 25th of December)
New Year’s Eve (the 31st of January)
Befana - a good witch (the 6th of January)
Carnival - (40 days before Easter - in
February or March)
For all of them we have typical food,
beverages and traditions!
At Christmas we eat two typical
Italian cakes: pandoro and
panettone!
A Natale si mangiano due tipici
dolci italiani: il pandoro ed il
panettone!
Pandoro symbolizes Christmas like few other
cakes: it even looks Christmassy, a craggy
mountain topped with snow-white confectioners
sugar.
Il pandoro
simbolizza il Natale
come pochi altri
dolci: anche la sua
forma è natalizia,
un’alta montagna
coperta da
dolcissima neve di
zucchero.
How to cook an excellent pandoro!
Come cucinare un eccellente pandoro!
Mix eggs, flour,
butter, sugar and
yeast in a container
and cover it with a
tissue for two hours
Put the pasta in a
container shaped like
a star, then in the
oven at 190° for 40
minutes
Let it become colder and then
"spray" over the icing sugar and…
Enjoy the Italian Pandoro!
The panettone, traditionally baked in a tall
cylindrical shape, originated in Milan, is served at
Christmas time.
It can be served as a coffee or tea cake or dessert.
Il panettone,
tradizionalmente cotto in
contenitori di forma
cilindrica, è nato a Milano
e si serve a Natale
Può essere servito come
un dolce che accompagni il
té o il caffè o come
semplice dessert.
How to cook a delicious panettone!
Come cucinare un delizioso panettone!
Mix eggs, flour,
butter, sugar and
yeast in a container
and cover it with a
tissue for two hours
Add raisins and
candied fruit and
put the pasta in
the paper
container.
Put the container in
the oven at 190° for
40 minutes
Here’s your panettone!