Tiramisu

1 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  6 minutes

Tiramisu, Panettone, Espresso and Passito © flickr.com - franzconde/cc-by-2.0

Tiramisu, Panettone, Espresso and Passito © flickr.com – franzconde/cc-by-2.0

Tiramisu (Italian: tiramisù) is an Italian dessert made of ladyfinger pastries (savoiardi) dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone and flavoured with cocoa. The recipe has been adapted into many varieties of cakes and other desserts. Its origin is disputed between the Italian regions of Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The name comes from the Italian tirami su (lit. ’pick me up’ or ‘cheer me up’).   read more…

Treviso in Veneto

15 June 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  2 minutes

© Morningfrost

© Morningfrost

Treviso is a city and comune in Veneto region in northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,000 inhabitants. Some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls (le Mura) or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper while the city hinterland has a population of approximately 170,000.   read more…

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