Sunday treat

Different versions of a mille-feuille. The first one is with caramel and the second one with strawberry. However, I must say I much prefer the normal plain one.

The best for last

The last evening in Italy we had dinner in this amazing cave restaurant.



And the dessert was probably the best one I had during the weekend.

Gelato

A visit to Italy is not complete without having some of the ice cream. My favourite... hazelnut

Panforte

Idag laddar jag upp med lite choklad panforte som jag köpte på flygplatsen på väg hem. Jag kan dock inte bestämma om jag tycker det smakar jättgott eller si sådär... hur som helst, så var omslagspapperet jättefint.




De här godingarna hade jag tänkt spara tills vi får gäster någon gång, men jag har redan lyckats äta upp en tredjedel, så vi får se hur länge de håller...

Choices and surprises

During our extended weekend in Italy, we stayed at a fantastic hotel.

This was part of the breakfast buffet and already in the morning I had to make some very difficult choices...



And adding to my infatuation, was when ordering some drinks (at night, not breakfast), they brought us assorted chocolates and almonds to go with the drinks.

Now we're talking

I had high expectations for the Italian wedding last weekend and I'll let you know, I was not disappointed! The dessert tables (yes, in plural) were filled with cakes, fruit, candy etc etc. I did not even manage to get photos of all of the things...

From the fruit platter (even though it is not visible in this picture), I tried the cactus fruit for the first time. It did not taste of that much, but I suppose it might be an acquired taste.



This was actually whipped cream with a lot of fresh berries. Usually I am not a big fan of whipped cream, but this was very simple and fresh.



From this tray, I only tried the little chocolate truffles. When I went for my second helping, the rest was already gone... maybe I missed something?



I liked the mini tiramisu and the profiteroles (to the right) with a lot of chocolate sauce.



In the end I did not have room for trying the wedding cake... A lot of the time I think the main purpose of the wedding cake is to be cut, not eaten anyway.

Never again!

Today I had pizza for lunch... it brings me back a few weeks ago, when I tried the pizza from the bakery below, which is actually not bad. That time I also bought a piece of pistachio sponge cake... which turned out to be a really big mistake! I dislike marzipan and the taste was the same and even worse since I had actually expected it to taste of pistachio. I was not prepared for such an unpleasant surprise...