The true rice pudding must use Pudding rice - similar to Arborio rice - however you can get away with using standard long grain rice. The bad news is that, if using a crockpot, it has to be precooked, the results otherwise are too dreadful to contemplate.

Crockpot Rice Pudding recipe
(more…)

Granita, or granita siciliana, is a semi-frozen dessert of sugar, water, and flavorings, orginating from Sicily. Granita is all about texture - the ice crystals should be quite chunky, certainly more so than a smooth sorbet.

Common Italian flavors include lemon juice, coffee, mint, mandarin oranges, almonds, and in season, strawberries and black mulberries - even chocolate! Use your imagination…
Try this recipe for a fruit granita or a watermelon granita
Or try your own with this standard recipe for granita… (more…)

Panna cotta (in Italian - “cooked cream”) is a chilled dessert of cream molded with gelatin.

(more…)