Traditional Italian Dessert Recipes

The traditional Italian dessert recipes in Grandma's collection help us to appreciate the wonderful history of Italy's confectionery. Some recipes have been passed down from classical times having originated with the Romans.

Enjoy delicious Old World cookies, biscotti, amaretti, castagnole, cream cakes, pastries, puddings, and zabaglione — it's all here for you to make right in your kitchen!

Traditional Italian Dessert Recipes

About the Traditional Italian Dessert Recipes

Have you ever dreamed of sampling homemade biscotti in the garden of some wayside inn hidden in the Apennines, with the sound of a mountain torrent far below caressing your ears?

Or imagine tasting traditional zabaglione in the portico of a quiet cafe on the sun-baked piazza of an ancient town clinging to a rocky hillside that overlooks the bay of Portofino as seen above in the 3D photo. Well, now you can.

The proven Italian desserts found on this page and its linked pages can offer you the next best thing to being there — the authentic taste of Old Italy.

When you first read the traditional Italian dessert recipes, some may seem elaborate, but in using them you'll find they are easily prepared as you simply follow the steps. The tasty results are well worth the extra time spent.

Words cannot simply describe the delicious homemade taste you will experience thanks to the traditional Italian recipes that follow. As your Italian Grandma would say...

Questi dessert Italiani sono squisiti.