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Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fourth in Italy. The region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona.

Featured Dishes from Italy

Avocado toast

Avocado toast

Biscotti

Biscotti

Cookies, commonly served with warm milk, popular store-bought types are abbracci, batticuori, nascondini, baiocchi, girotondi, macine, rigoli, scacchieri, galletti, tarallucci

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Bombolone

Bombolone

Doughnuts filled with vanilla pastry cream, Nutella, fruit jam, serve with coffee, cappuccino

Brioche

Brioche

Bread with a high egg and butter content, commonly served with cappuccino

Caffe orzo

Caffe orzo

Espresso-style drink made with roasted barley

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Cereal

Cereal

Breakfast cereals, typically eaten in a bowl with milk, many different types

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Cereal

Cereal

Breakfast cereal is a breakfast food made from processed cereal grains. It is traditionally eaten as part of breakfast, or a snack food, primarily in Western societies. Although warm cereals like oatmeal and grits have the longest history, ready-to-eat cold cereals appeared around the late 19th century and are most often served with dairy products, traditionally cow's milk. They can also be paired with yogurt or plant-based milks, or eaten plain. Fruit or nuts are sometimes added. Many cereals are produced via extrusion.

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Ciambellone

Ciambellone

Ring-shaped cake

Coffee

Coffee

Espresso, caffe latte, cappuccino, mocha, caffe macchiato, marocchino, ristretto, caffe corretto, bicerin

Cornetto

Cornetto

Croissant-like pastry, unfilled or filled with cream, chocolate, fruit jam, eaten with cappuccino or fruit juice

Croissant

Croissant

Flaky, buttery pastry, made with raisins, almonds, chocolate, cream, serve with coffee

Fette biscottate

Fette biscottate

Hard, thinly sliced twice-baked bread, top with butter, jam, Nutella and serve with tea

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French toast

French toast

Sliced bread that is soaked in an egg, milk and vanilla mixture, then pan-fried

Fresh fruit

Fresh fruit

Fruit juice

Fruit juice

Pear juice, peach juice, apricot juice, ACE

Gnocco fritto

Gnocco fritto

Leavened dough fried in lard, serve with prosciutto, cold cuts, cheese, coffee

Maritozzo

Maritozzo

Sweet bun filled with cream, may also contain dried fruit, serve with cappuccino

Milk

Milk

Muesli

Muesli

Breakfast cereal mix with grains, dried fruit and nuts, commonly eaten with milk, yogurt, berries, many different variations

Pane

Pane

Bread, serve with Nutella

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Pastry

Pastry

Many different kinds, for example, buns, cinnamon rolls, danishes, croissants, breads, muffins, scones, coffee cake, tarts

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Strudel di mele

Strudel di mele

Succo arancia

Succo arancia

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Succo arancia rossa

Succo arancia rossa

Juice made from Sicilian blood oranges

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Affogato

Affogato

Vanilla gelato or ice cream in espresso

Amaretti

Amaretti

Soft and chewy almond macarons

Babà Napoletano

Babà Napoletano

Yeasted rum cake, serve with whipped cream, custard, strawberries, cherries

Babka

Babka

Sweet yeast cake or bread, made with chocolate, cinnamon, spiced, fruit, orange peel, raisin

Baicoli

Baicoli

Thin biscotti cookies, serve with hot chocolate, coffee, sweet wine, zabaione, marsala, spice tea, egg nog

Berliner

Berliner

Doughnut filled with jelly, may also have other fillings such as dulce de leche/manjar

Bignè

Bignè

Cream puffs, cream filled pastries, commonly eaten on March 19, the feast of St. Joseph, Italy's Father's Day

Bignè di San Giuseppe

Bignè di San Giuseppe

Cream puffs, common during the Feast of St. Joseph

Bizcocho

Bizcocho

Cakes, pastries, cakes, sponge cake, however, in Spain, bizcocho refers only to sponge cake

Blancmange

Blancmange

A sweet molded milk or cream dessert, often flavored with almonds and thickened with gelatin, cornstarch or Irish moss

Bombolone

Bombolone

Doughnuts filled with vanilla pastry cream, Nutella, fruit jam, serve with coffee, cappuccino

Bonet

Bonet

Pudding or custard made with chocolate and amaretti cookies, and topped with rum-flavored caramel sauce and amaretti

Brownies

Brownies

Most common are chocolate brownies, but variations include caramel, white chocolate, mint/grasshopper, peanut butter, marshmallows, Nutella, with fruit, cheesecake, candy bar, peppermint

Brutti ma buoni

Brutti ma buoni

Hazelnut meringue cookies

Buccellato

Buccellato

Wreath-shaped fig and nut cake, common during Christmas

Cannoli

Cannoli

Fried cylindrical pastry filled with a sweet ricotta cheese mixture

Carrot cake

Carrot cake

Cake made with carrots, raisins, pineapple, pecans, spices and a cream cheese frosting

Cartellate

Cartellate

Christmas fritter, a honey and cinammon-topped pastry

Castagnaccio

Castagnaccio

Chestnut flour cake with raisins, walnuts, pine nuts, rosemary

Castagnole

Castagnole

Carnival fritters

Cavallucci

Cavallucci

Cookies made with candied citrus peel, nuts and spices like cinnamon, coriander, nutmeg and anise seeds, common during Christmas

Charlotte Russe cake

Charlotte Russe cake

No-bake layered spongecake or lady finger cake with Bavarian cream, whipping cream, berries, fruit, mousse, brandy

Chiacchiere

Chiacchiere

Fried pastry strips sprinkled with powdered sugar, common during Carnival

Chocolate

Chocolate

Roasted and ground cacao seeds, made into chocolate bars, used in sweets, desserts, moles, sauces, drinks, cakes, cookies, used in many recipes and foods

Ciambellone

Ciambellone

Ring-shaped cake

Cicerchiata

Cicerchiata

Mini fried pastry balls in honey

Cotognata

Cotognata

Coviglia

Coviglia

Semifreddo, a semi-frozen mousse-like dessert, flavors include chocolate, coffee, strawberry, raspberry, hazelnut

Crème brûlée

Crème brûlée

Custard topped with hardened caramelized sugar

Crêpes Suzette

Crêpes Suzette

Crepe with beurre Suzette sauce, created in Monaco in 1896 by Chef Henri Charpentier of the Café de Paris

Croccante

Croccante

Brittle, made with almonds, peanuts, hazelnuts

Crostata

Crostata

Baked tart, may be sweet or savory, for example, fruit, meat, seafood, vegetables, cheese

Crostata di frutta

Crostata di frutta

Crostata di mele

Crostata di mele

Crostata di ricotta

Crostata di ricotta

Crostata di marmellata

Crostata di marmellata

Tart topped with marmelade

Cuccìa

Cuccìa

Sweet wheat berry porridge, also made with chocolate, walnuts, pomegranate seeds, candied orange or lemon peel, vin cotto, cinnamon, several variations, common during the Santa Lucia holiday on December 21

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Dita degli apostoli

Crepes filled with sweetened ricotta cheese mixture

Ferratelle

Ferratelle

Thin waffle cookies or wafers

Floating island

Floating island

Meringue floating on crème anglaise

Fraisier

Fraisier

Layered sponge cake with fresh strawberries and mousseline

Gelato

Gelato

Italian style ice cream

Gelato stracciatella

Gelato stracciatella

Sweet cream ice cream with small bits of chocolate

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Gialletti

Small yellow cornmeal cookies with lemon zest, dried fruit, traditionally diamond-shaped

Gianduia

Gianduia

A chocolate hazlenut spread

Gingerbread

Gingerbread

Cakes, breads and biscuits made with ginger and spices such as cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, from dense or airy cakes to crispy cookies

Gogoși

Gogoși

Yeasted doughnuts

Granita

Granita

Grattachecca

Grattachecca

Hand-shaved ice flavored with sciroppo and fresh fruit

Gubana

Gubana

Sweet bread or cake made with dried fruit, nuts, candied lemon and orange peel, common during Christmas and Easter

Halva

Halva

Sweets, candy confections, many different types, for example, flour or nut confections, many types

Kiflice

Kiflice

Crescent-shaped pastries or cookies filled with walnuts, jam, cheese, poppy seeds, common during Christmas, there are also yeasted rolls with the same name

Krapfen

Krapfen

Jam- or cream-filled doughnuts

Krumiri

Krumiri

Butter cookies that are shaped like the mustache of King Vittorio Emanuelle II, serve with coffee, hot chocolate

Lingue di gatto

Lingue di gatto

Cat's tongue cookies, long and thin, may contain jelly, chocolate

Linzer torte

Linzer torte

A raspberry, apricot, strawberry or red currant pie with dough made with ground hazelnuts and almonds, lattice crust, other fruits are also used

Macaron

Macaron

Meringue cookie made with almond flour, egg whites, sugar, then made into sandwiches using fruit curd, buttercream or ganache

Marron glacé

Marron glacé

Candied chestnuts

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Migliaccio

Semolina and ricotta cake with lemon

Mostaccioli

Mostaccioli

Christmas cookies made with mosto cotto, chocolate, gingerbread spices, there are several different variations of this cookie

Mousse

Mousse

Whipped custard, many flavors, for example, mousse au chocolat, fruit, mousse can also be savory, for example, salmon mousse

Mug cake

Mug cake

Small cake cooked inside a coffee mug, typically using a microwave

Nocciolini

Nocciolini

Very small hazlenut meringue cookies

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Ossa dei morti

Hard bone-shaped cookies, though other shapes are also common, traditionally made for All Souls' Day

Pain perdu

Pain perdu

Sliced bread soaked in eggs and milk, then fried

Pampapato di Ferrara

Pampapato di Ferrara

Dome-shaped fruitcake made with candied fruit, nuts, chocolate and spices, common during Christmas, from Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Pan di spagna

Pan di spagna

Pan giallo

Cake with dried fruit, nuts, rum, common during Christmas

Pandoro

Pandoro

Sweet yeast bread or cake, served during Christmas and New Year

Panettone

Panettone

Sweet bread with candied fruit and raisins, common during Christmas, serve with mascarpone cream

Panforte

Panforte

Fruitcake, made with dried fruit, nuts, candied citrus peel, honey and spices, common during Christmas

Panna cotta

Panna cotta

Thickened, sweetened cream, may be flavored with vanilla, chocolate, berries, mango, coconut, sea buckthorn

Pastiera napoletana

Pastiera napoletana

Easter wheatberry and ricotta pie with citrus, vanilla and spices, can also be made with rice

Polenta e osei

Polenta e osei

Sweet version: spongecake with a layer of hazelnut butter cream, filled with chocolate and hazelnut buttercream, and topped with marzipan

Profiteroles

Profiteroles

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