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Cuicina Molisana -- Easter -- Desserts -- Lists
Originated from: Italy and North America
Occasion: Easter Sunday
Contributed by: Image courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery #1587570

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Ingredients

MOLISANI EASTER DESSERTS

o Calcioni Molisani, sharp cheese fritters, traditionally associated with Easter, but in present-day Italy are made throughout the year [For recipe see "Calcioni"]

o Carosello, braided and coiled Easter log [For recipe see "Cookies without Nuts"]

o Casciatell', fiadone, sweet or salt cheese-filled pastry pockets [from the Town of Gambatesa]

o Caveciuni with Pig's Blood and Mosto Cotto [For recipe see "Fritters"]

o Cestino Easter sweets, basket-shaped cakes or cookies [For recipe see "Cookies without Nuts"]

o Ciambelline di Pasqua

o Ciuccio Easter sweets, donkey-shaped cakes or cookies [For recipe see "Cookies without Nuts"]

o Fiadone con Ricotta, half-moon shaped baked Easter pastries, filled with sweetened ricotta and/or cheese pies with lattice toppings [For recipes see "Fiadone"]

o Fiadone con Formaggio, sharp cheese stuffed cheese pastries, without sugar [For recipes see "Fiadone"]

o Pigna, Pane di Pasqua, Easter Bread and/or Easter Cake [For recipes see "Holiday Breads" ]

o Pane di Pasqua, Easter Bread and/or Easter cake [For
recipes see "Holiday Breads"]

o Pan di Spagne [For recipe see "Cakes"]

o Panettone, holiday bread

o Pizza di Riso [For recipe see "Pies and Tarts"]

o Puppata Easter sweets, doll-shaped cakes and/or cookies [For recipe see "Holiday Breads"]

o Riso con il latte, rice pudding traditionally made for Christmas Eve, St. Joseph Eve and Good Friday [For recipe see "Fritters"]

o Tarallini, bite-sized taralli

o Zita Easter sweets, doll-shaped cakes and/or cookies [For recipe see "Holiday Breads"]



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Notes

Additions and/or corrections are welcomed.... For the history, culture and places of interest to visit in the province of Campobasso, Molise see Italy Revisited -- "Molise Campobasso." For the history, culture and places of interest to visit in the Town of Casacalenda, Molise see Italy Revisited -- "Molise Casacalenda." For the history, culture and places of interest to visit in the province of Isernia, Molise see Italy Revisited -- "MOLISE ISERNIA."

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