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Italian Calabria Fried Honey Sweets | Turdilli Calabresi
Traditional Calabrian Christmas turdilli: wine scented fried pastries shaped with ridges, glazed with honey or fig syrup, and finished with professional frying and glazing technique.
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Italian Friulian Gubana Cake | Gubana Friulana
Traditional Friulian gubana, a spiral yeast cake filled with walnuts, dried fruit, spices and grappa. Gubana is one of the emblematic sweets of the Natisone Valleys and eastern Friuli Venezia Giulia. Its spiral form distinguishes it from an ordinary filled cake: a soft enriched yeast dough is rolled around a dense mixture of walnuts, dried fruit, spices and spirits, then coiled into a round mold. The dessert reflects the border character of Friuli, where Italian, Slavic and C
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Basilicata Chestnut and Chocolate Fried Pastries | Calzoncelli Lucani
Calzoncelli Lucani are crisp Basilicata Christmas pastries filled with chestnuts, dark chocolate, cinnamon, and orange zest.
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