Pasticciotti are small individual cream or custard filled tarts with either a vanilla cream or custard filling or chocolate cream or ricotta cheese filling. They are a wonderful Italian treat from Salento, Apulia (South of Italy). You may make them as small 3-inch tarts or even smaller “mini” tarts. In some Italian-American communities, they are called pusties.   … Continue reading PASTICCIOTTI LECCESI (CREAMY FILLED ITALIAN TARTS)