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PASTICCIOTTO CAKE: THE SUPER CAKE WITH CREAM & SOUR CHERRIES

The torta pasticciotto is a great classic pastry from Lecce and is the large version of the classic pasticciotti, the quintessential dessert of Salento, ideal to accompany a coffee or tea but also for a mouth-watering breakfast.   It is a short pastry shell filled with delicious custard. The original recipe calls for the use …

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PASTICCIOTTI LECCESI (CREAMY FILLED ITALIAN TARTS)

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.   …

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