This Italian Dessert is DELICIOUS... If You Avoid This Common Mistake

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  @PastaGrammar · 3 years ago · pinned

  We're really curious if you've heard of Zuppa Inglese before...? It totally deserves more recognition, but seems to be in the shadow of tiramisù. Let us know if this is new to you or not!

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  @WizardJim · 3 years ago

  It's definately called "Inglese" due to the resemblance to an English trifle, with Italian replacement ingredients. Could also be the custard, which is called Creme Anglaise in French.

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• PI

  @Pigglegesicht · 3 years ago (edited)

  It's so sweet to see, how Italy is sucking Eva back in. I've lived abroad too, and it's so difficult to hold on to language skills once you're surrounded by what you've grown up with. That little annoyance with herself when she can't find the right words is all of us after a while back home. And it's so relatable ❤ I'm sure Harper's Italian is taking leaps this summer! You two are the most adorable thing on YouTube these days AND the most delicious channel it has to offer.

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  @alicetwain · 3 years ago (edited)

  Any British watchers will be able to see the similarities with a trifle. Alchermes is also used in peschine: two half-globes of sponge glued together with some custard, lightly dipped in alchermes, and covered with castor sugar. They are about the size of a small peach, as the Italian name suggests.<br>And speaking of peaches, Eva, I am right now thinking of stuffed peaches with amaretti and cocoa, which is one of my favorite Summer desserts.

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• RO

  @ro63rto · 3 years ago

  First, there&apos;s a layer of ladyfingers, then a layer of jam, then custard, which I made from scratch. Raspberries, more ladyfingers,&quot; Rachel said in the episode. &quot;Then beef sautéed with peas and onions. Then more custard and then bananas and then I just put some whipped cream on top.”

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• EC

  @eclecticexplorer7828 · 3 years ago

  The term that Eva needs to learn is &quot;tempering.&quot; That is the process she described where she added a little bit of the milk to the eggs first and mixed it in before adding the rest of the milk. It keeps the heated milk from cooking the eggs.

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• JE

  @jeannecastellano7181 · 3 years ago

  My Australian auntie made this dessert and she called it a &quot;Trifle&quot;. &nbsp;She didn&apos;t use chocolate, just vanilla custard. Traditionally, it was made with &quot;flop&quot; cakes, the cakes that fell, or leftover cake that was drying out. &nbsp;She would slice it up, spread each piece with jam, put the slices together like little sandwiches, and place them in a bowl. &nbsp;She would sprinkle either sweet port or sweet marsala over the cake, then add some warm custard, more cake, more custard, etc. At the end, she&apos;d put tufts of whipped cream and sometimes, chunks of gelatin. &nbsp;You gave me a sweet memory since she&apos;s no longer here.

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• AN

  @anta3612 · 3 years ago

  Hi Eva and Harper. &quot;English soup&quot; is a literal translation for zuppa inglese but, as others have mentioned in the comments, what you&apos;ve made today is basically what in Britain would be called a trifle. I&apos;m half Italian and was raised in Italy by an English mother. Whenever my mother would make a trifle our Italian neighbours would call it zuppa inglese so I&apos;ve always thought of them being the same thing (trifle = zuppa inglese).

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• ME

  @messengeroftruth17 · 3 years ago

  Everything Eva makes is art.

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• GR

  @gracerosi · 3 years ago

  Is there anything that Eva can&apos;t make? The best cook that I&apos;ve ever come across. Great teacher, great cook.

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• MA

  @MarcoMenozziPro · 3 years ago (edited)

  Note that &quot;zuppa inglese&quot; is not a daughter of trifle, but there are common ancestors in Elizabethan cuisine, which was known at the court of the Este dukes of Ferrara. Currently it is a typical dessert of Emilia Romagna, which is spread throughout Italy.

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• CA

  @carolanegordon4089 · 3 years ago

  I love how when you try to explain something he finishes the word your looking for Nd you say yes and keep going. Its the sweetest thing ever. The perfect example of finishing ones sentences for them if ya will.

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