"Little cases." Turnovers filled with sweetened ricotta from Sicily, fried and coated with honey. These are traditionally baked for the feast of Saint Joseph (San Giuseppe) on 19th March each year.

"Little cases of chickpeas." Short crust pastry turnovers from Sicily, made with white wine in the mix, filled with a mixture of chickpeas, honey, roasted pine nuts and almonds, candied citron, a little zuccata and chocolate, perhaps some cinnamon, fried and coated with honey. These are traditionally baked for the feast of Saint Joseph (San Giuseppe) on 19th March each year.

"Little cases of ricotta." Turnovers from Sicily filled with sweetened ricotta, fried and coated with honey. These are traditionally baked for the feast of Saint Joseph (San Giuseppe) on 19th March each year.

A cake from Emilia-Romagna made with melted chocolate mixed with melted butter, eggs and crumbled biscuits (US: cookies), set in the refrigerator.

Small versions of cassata. Cassata is a rich, brick-shaped Sicilian dessert of sponge pudding soaked in liqueur, layered with sweetened ricotta with candied fruit and chocolate chips, often coated with green marzipan.

A rich dessert of sponge pudding soaked in liqueur, layered with rich custard and chocolate chips. It can be described as a sweet cake of nougat.

Sweet almond pastries from Sicily.

Cassia bark

A dish from Lombardy of lots of parts of a pig, including trotters, perhaps goose, sausage, ham and ribs, stewed with Savoy cabbage and beans. It is traditionally eaten during winter, served with polenta and is often eaten on the feast of Saint Anthony (San Antonio) on 17th January each year.