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jess_pom

08-06-2004 05:20 PM

Italian Dessert

I need help! I'm going to my first Alumnae Association meeting and need to bring dessert--the theme is Italian?

Any suggestions?

ambición6

08-06-2004 05:23 PM

How about cannoli, or even better my favorite - TIRAMISU!!!

Rudey

08-06-2004 05:32 PM

A SPICY MEATBALL!

-Rudey

kappaloo

08-06-2004 06:03 PM

Some ideas of dishes that may not "sound" Italian, but are:

1) Cheesecake.

2) Cookies. If you have a speciality store, you can pick up Italian cookies premade and arrange them nicely.

3)Fruit and Cheese. <- My favourite!

cutiepatootie

08-06-2004 06:15 PM

Tirimisu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111 yummmmmm!:D

Lisa Fishman

08-06-2004 06:54 PM

gellato- Italian ice cream

CutiePie2000

08-06-2004 07:01 PM

Biscotti or Gelato (ice cream)

norcalchick

08-06-2004 07:02 PM

mmm gellato. there's a place in carmel that sells gellato and they have a tiramisu. my fave one there!

CatStarESP4

08-07-2004 12:11 AM

Definitely bring a tiramisu!

Italian style cheesecake, not the New York style, is also good.

queequek

08-07-2004 02:52 AM

Another vote for tiramisu' and gellato.

And Tuscan wine such as Chianti would be appropriate, perhaps.

BabyP

08-07-2004 05:29 AM

Go for something different - bring italian soda syrup - cheap and there is a variety of flavors to choose from. you can put it in coffee, in soda, etc

mmcat

08-07-2004 08:41 AM

another vote for
tiramisu
or
fruit and cheese

PM_Mama00

08-07-2004 09:52 AM

Fruit and cheese is Italian??? :confused:

Tiramisu is prolly gona be the easiest to make. I've never heard of Italian style cheesecake. Cannoli's or Italian cookies would be easy to bring and are always a pleaser within non-Italians.

Lisa Fishman

08-07-2004 10:06 AM

biscotti

kappaloo

08-07-2004 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by PM_Mama00
[B][color=deeppink]Fruit and cheese is Italian??? :confused:
/B]

Yep. It's how all the dinners in Italy end with my family... and I actually saw them talk about it on a cooking show (so it's not just my family :)).

PM_Mama00

08-07-2004 10:44 AM

I have a lot of family here who eat like that, and I noticed it in Sicily when I went there, but I always figured it was some European thing.

Rudey

08-07-2004 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by PM_Mama00
I have a lot of family here who eat like that, and I noticed it in Sicily when I went there, but I always figured it was some European thing.

Fruit and cheese is a mostly Mediterranean thing. You will see it a lot in French places too. One of my favorite french places was in the georgetown area in dc and when I was working for a client in fricking Dulles, VA a couple years ago we'd drive down there all the time just because I liked it. It's a really simple and light food.

As for cheesecakes, the best cheesecakes are made italian style in nyc...

-Rudey

queequek

08-07-2004 10:34 PM

Several other suggestions:

Try to serve prosciutto (=ham) with cantaloupe, that is really Italian. Also if wine is not permitted (due to panhellenic and non-alcoholic beverages), try to serve spurmante (= Italian soda)instead.

PM_Mama00

08-08-2004 11:04 AM

OH or cold coffee. It's espresso with sugar and a tad bit of cinnamon, put in a jug or some kind of closed pitcher. You can either freeze it or cool it in the fridge. My family lives off of this in the summer.

For those in NY... it tastes like a flat Manhattan Special. I don't particularly like it, but alot of non-Italians do.

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