Piemonte – Ale Gambini

October 27, 2014Desserts

Piedmont Hazelnut Cake

Hazelnut cake, hazelnut spread, hazelnut gelato, I love everything made with this precious gift of nature. This is one of my favorite cake, a traditional dessert from Piedmont, a north-western region of Italy, land full of amazing products as the Piedmont Hazelnut IGP. The Piedmont Hazelnut as known as Tonda Gentile Tribolata has a spheroidal seed, […]

July 6, 2013July 6, 2013Tips & Tricks

Agrimontana Hazelnut And Gianduja Paste

The main thing about Italian cuisine is simplicity but every ingredient must be of excellent quality. Agrimontana is the Italian leading company in transformation of fruits. Founded over 40 years ago in Borgo San Dalmazzo, Cuneo (Piemonte), Agrimontana offers to consumers, chefs and pastry chefs very high quality products. You can buy Agrimontana products from […]

June 29, 2013June 29, 2013Desserts

Dolci Morsi Al Nebbiolo (Sweet Bites Nebbiolo)

“Dolci Morsi al Nebbiolo are wholemeal biscuits, a structure of puff pastry, but totally devoid of added fat, so without any seasoning like butter, margarine, lard and various oils. The flour is Sbrulen Bio, a farmer who sows and grinds near my house, plus organic and stone ground, then add the sugar, a bit of […]

June 17, 2013June 17, 2013Quote

Grom (Malibu, California)

Grom is a chain of ice cream parlors semi-industrial production founded in Turin in 2003. Founders of the company are Guido Martinetti and Federico Grom. They opened 34 “gelaterie “in Italy , 3 in NY, 1 in Paris, 4 in Tokio, 1 in Osaka and 1 in Malibu’. They use organic ingredients and seasonal fruits […]

June 4, 2013June 25, 2013Desserts

Margheritine of Stresa

I love this little biscuits!!! I have memories of them since I was teenager and I used to spend my summer holidays in Stresa, a charming town on the Piemonte shores of Lake Maggiore. The baker Pietro Antonio Bolongario invented these treats for the Princess Margaret of Savoy who later became Queen Margherita. She liked them […]