Quick Italian Desserts

Quick Italian desserts are just the thing to enjoy while chatting over a cup of strong fresh Italian coffee, a glass or vino, or after a delicious Italian meal.

All of these authentic Italian desserts are quick and simple to prepare, yet they will delight your senses and the palates of your family, friends and guests. So they’re tasty. But that’s what you’d expect from any Italian dishes, particularly an Italian desert. Sorry, I mean dessert.

Now, my mama didn’t have a sweet tooth but she had plenty of family members who did - especially when it came to these easy to make, but traditional Italian desserts.

And, as for cooking main meals - mama’s hearty minestrone soup, pasta dishes, rich meat delights - were her forté. Mama liked her desserts to be as simple-to-make as possible.  That left more time for socialising, eating and drinking with the whole familia!

My aunty Razia would prepare the most mouth-watering Italian dessert recipes.

Luckily, mama had a good teacher for these sweet delights - her Aunt Razia, her father’s sister, whose forté was making authentic Italian desserts.

In fact, unlike most Italians, my Aunt Razia was not the greatest cook of the main fare but her desserts and Italian cakes were to die for. They were so mouth-wateringly scrumptious.

It’s just as well we had Aunt Razia, and also my mum’s sister, Aunty Mary, to guide mama in the art of whipping up traditional Italian desserts. But once mum got the hang of a dish, she made it hers.