Carnival 2022 is under the banner of regional typicality for a celebration that ranges from the classic fritole and sweets of Venice to confectionery 'reinterpretations' such as pancakes with tiramisu.
There is no shortage, while maintaining a celebration fidelity to the Italian confectionery tradition, savory proposals and various other international specialties such as churros or French bugnes.
Confirmed delicacies such as frappe and castagnole throughout Italy.
The Carnival in the Venetian lagoon capital this year is celebrated until March 1 and takes place in conjunction with the celebrations for the 1600th anniversary of the city.
The Venetian festival, which has always been accompanied by the taste of sugar, fried pasta and raisins, has as sweet protagonists the galani (chatter, made in a rectangular shape with a mixture of flour, butter, sugar, eggs and an alcoholic component), castagnole and the fried cream, but the undisputed queen is the fritola, or the pancake that is made with a mixture of eggs, flour, sugar, lemon and raisins (if not stuffed) that will be fried and garnished with sugar.
The recipe has undergone several changes over the years and today, in the pastry shops of the city, it is possible to taste fritole with custard, eggnog, chocolate or pistachio, with or without raisins according to your tastes.
In particular, the pancake stuffed with Tiramsù cream, prepared in Treviso by Massimo Albanese, is worth mentioning.
The confectionery journey in the peninsula, among the various food initiatives, also presents an international proposal as in the case of the city of Rome with churros, from pastry D'Antoni, fried desserts with a dough based on potatoes and without eggs that are accompanied with sauces ranging from caramel to chocolate or cream versions.
Finally, again on the international theme, a transalpine proposal with bugnes, sweets typical of the Lyon area proposed by 'Madeleine' reminiscent of a fried donut or a salty breakfast at Km0 which in the capital includes a proposal of 'Goody 1976' of bagels, stuffed croissants and salty bombs.
Then going south we find typical sweets such as Struffoli, Migliaccio, a typical dessert of the Neapolitan tradition and Pignolata in Sicily.