Rice cake, often served with a fruit sauce.

Vegetable pie, usually made with spinach or Swiss chard in a pastry case.

A brand name of a combination of blue Dolcelatte, a versatile, blue cream cheese made from cow's milk and mascarpone. It is very mild and creamy which makes it ideal in cooking as it does not overwhelm other flavours.

Angel cake. A pure white cake with very light texture made from stiffly beaten egg whites, flour and sugar, decorated with white icing. The egg yolks are not used.

A cake made with almonds that is inclined to break up in your hands..

Yeast dough deep-fried and served whiel still warm, with cheese.

A risen bread or focaccia from Naples, made with yeast dough and shaped into a ring. It is often quite dark in colour.

An Easter tart from Liguria consisting of a multitude of ingredients, usually including Swiss chard and artichokes, spread through 33 layers!

A risen bread or focaccia from Emilia-Romagna whichi is topped with tomato.