Dolce is the word use for Dessert or sweets or sweet in general. It seems the Italians have put the sw in sweet. They have a particular way of making even the sweetest of items even more sweet and it has actually been a bit difficult to find desserts or pastries that aren too sweet for my taste, until this...
This fantastic treat was discovered in a supermarket or Carefour. It is basically a vanilla ice cream with almost shaved chocolate or flaked chocolate in the middle. It has a slight crunch when you bite into it so it has a doubly nice quality. The ice cream part is not too sweet it seems just right. You can see the flaked chocolate in the middle where it crunches through the flakes. pretty nice to keep this in the freezer :)
I am still amazed at the way pastries are packaged at my local bakeries. These are two examples...
How delightful this design is with the twisted ends to hold the cardboard together.
A bounty of sweet treats. (from the upper left) A chocolate covered cream filled profiterole (cream puff), mini tiramisu ( the word for tiramisu actually means "pick me up"), A hazelnut cookie, a baba- is seems to be part custard and part whipped cream some have rum and raisins others are plain), From left again - a fruit tart (or 2) 2 pistachio mousses- kindof an odd texture a mix between mouse and jello really, a mini monte blanc- meringue cream and chestnut, oh above those in the middle are a cookie and another "pick me up". A sugar overload in a pretty little box.
