ottagono - the blog
Together with panettone, pandoro is the symbolic cake of the Christmas holidays. A jewel of sweetness made with flour, brewer's yeast, sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla and, to top it all off, icing sugar. Its history is rich in anecdotes and...
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Christmas evening? Scacciata! Sudden hunger pangs? Scacciata! Sunday with the family? Scacciata! A Sicilian speciality, especially popular at Christmas: a kind of filled pizza with a thin, slightly crisp dough that can be filled in countless ways. 🤤 Born in...
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A casket of soft, breaded brioche dough hiding a refined heart of cream... we're talking about Iris 😋 Originally they were bread rolls, hollowed out, filled and breaded, invented by a pastry chef from Palermo, Antonio Lo Verso, who in...
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According to legend, it was born in the Milan of Ludovico il Moro, lord of the city at the end of the 15th century. On Christmas Eve, the Sforza family's cook unfortunately burnt the cake prepared for the banquet. Seeing...
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The Cipollina, a Sicilian savoury made with puff pastry, cooked ham, cheese and onion – the star ingredient that gives this little gem its name – is a true classic of Catanese rosticceria (savoury bakes). 🤩 There is nothing strange...
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