Allrecipes Home > Recipes > World Cuisine > Europe > Italy > Authentic Italian > Desserts

recipes

Authentic Italian Desserts

Newest

Search this Collection

PHOTO BY: KELLIALEX

READ REVIEWS (11)

DAILY RECIPE

Italian Ricotta Cheesecake

SUBMITTED BY: CLIFFYW

This is a basic Italian cheesecake made with ricotta cheese, a little orange, and a shot of whiskey!

Full Recipe More Recipes Like This More Daily Recipes

The New Recipe Box

Now with photos, a fast and easy shopping list - plus sharing!

CHECK IT OUT

Our Favorite Italian Dessert Recipes

From assorted cookies to gelato to ricotta cheesecake and tiramisu, these Italian desserts will help you finish your meal in style!

How to Make Biscotti

Serve biscotti or cantucci with vin santo, a sweet dessert wine.

Healthy Bites Newsletter

Eat smart and live well. Get recipes and ideas for healthy eating.

NEWEST AUTHENTIC ITALIAN DESSERTS RECIPES

Not Yet Reviewed!
MORE RECIPES LIKE THIS

Panna Cotta is an Italian dessert, which translates as 'cooked cream'. This lower calorie version uses creamy avocado for a silky texture and beautiful pale green color. Put mixture in individual molds, or pour into pretty serving dishes. The taste is rich but the calories are few. Garnish with a sprig of basil or mint or some partially thawed frozen raspberries.

Not Yet Reviewed!
MORE RECIPES LIKE THIS

Dolce Pesca (Sweet Peaches)

Submitted by: Laura_th15

Peaches are stuffed with a fig and pine nut mixture, soaked in wine, and topped with brandy before baking.

READ REVIEWS (1)
MORE RECIPES LIKE THIS

Dead Bones (L'Ossa Morte)

Submitted by: BILLSFRAN

Home Town: Canastota, New York, USA

Living In: Buffalo, New York, USA

This simple, clove-spiced Sicilian cookie rises overnight and is baked the following day.

READ REVIEWS (73)
MORE RECIPES LIKE THIS

Pizzelles II

Submitted by: Betty

An thin traditional anise flavored Italian cookie made with a pizzelle iron.

READ REVIEWS (72)
MORE RECIPES LIKE THIS

Italian Cream Cake II

Submitted by: Cyndi

Very delicious cake!

READ REVIEWS (29)
MORE RECIPES LIKE THIS

Aunt Anne's Sesame Cookies

Submitted by: Diane

Living In: Long Island, New York, USA

After trying my hand at countless sesame cookie recipes, my Italian girlfriend shared her Aunt Anne's recipe and I knew my search had ended! Basically an anise flavored butter cookie covered in sesame seeds. The smell when removing them from the oven is wonderful!

The Global Pantry: Italy

Don't know Carnaroli from cannellini? Learn more in our article and stock your pantry with these 25 Italian ingredients. Rice, beans, pasta, fresh seafood, seasonal veggies, cured meats, beautiful cheeses, savory herbs: Italian cooks use these ingredients in simple and elaborate preparations.

Italian Wines

Travel through Italy's top wine-producing regions—Friuli to Tuscany, Abruzzi to Sicily, Piedmont and Veneto—and get recipes to pair with each glass.

How to Make Biscotti

These Italian cookies are baked twice: once as a log, and again as individual slices. With their crunchy texture and wand-like shape, biscotti just beg to be dunked.