{"id":326523,"date":"2019-12-19T11:48:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T11:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magazine.theblondesalad.com\/?p=326523"},"modified":"2019-12-19T11:48:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T11:48:44","slug":"xmas-makes-us-all-better-andsweet-toothed-here-all-the-desserts-you-wont-say-no-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/lifestyle\/xmas-makes-us-all-better-andsweet-toothed-here-all-the-desserts-you-wont-say-no-to\/","title":{"rendered":"XMAS MAKES US ALL BETTER AND\u2026SWEET-TOOTHED! HERE ALL THE DESSERTS YOU WON\u2019T SAY NO TO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every country has its <strong>traditions<\/strong>, it is true, but if there is something that unites everyone during <strong>Christmas time<\/strong>, they are the sweet temptations that boast our diets! Period of cheats and sweet concessions, we do not know how to pull back from enjoying the delights of Christmas that crowd our tables. Choosing our favourite traditional<strong> Xmas dish<\/strong> is always a struggle: panettone or pandoro team? Meat or fish? Or again, why not experimentation that fuses the cultures of different countries? In short, at Christmas, we are all better, maybe for the daily sugar\u2019s intake that we give ourselves, but basically what&#8217;s wrong? We have no intention of giving it up and therefore here are the most iconic <strong>Christmas sweets<\/strong> from all over the world! Get ready to cook!<\/p>\n<p><strong>ITALY: TEAM PANDORO OR PANETTONE?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Panettone:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-326523 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/lifestyle\/xmas-makes-us-all-better-andsweet-toothed-here-all-the-desserts-you-wont-say-no-to\/attachment\/santambroeus\/'><img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/santambroeus-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-326526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/santambroeus-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/santambroeus-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/santambroeus-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/santambroeus-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/santambroeus-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/santambroeus.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-326526'>\n\t\t\t\tcredits to @santambroeus\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Panettone is a typical <strong>Milanese dessert<\/strong>, typical of the Christmas gastronomic tradition. Typically, it has a cylindrical base that ends in a dome shape. It is obtained from a<strong> leavened dough<\/strong> based on water, flour, butter, eggs to which are added candied fruit, orange and cedar peel and <strong>raisins<\/strong>. Over the years it has undergone many variations and, in addition to the traditional one, today there are chocolate, pistachio, orange, red fruits and many other kinds of panettone!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pandoro:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-326523 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/lifestyle\/xmas-makes-us-all-better-andsweet-toothed-here-all-the-desserts-you-wont-say-no-to\/attachment\/saporeverona\/'><img width=\"267\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/saporeverona-267x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-326524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/saporeverona-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/saporeverona-768x862.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/saporeverona-912x1024.jpg 912w, https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/saporeverona.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-326524'>\n\t\t\t\tcredits to @saporeverona\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Pandoro is a typical <strong>Veronese dessert<\/strong> consumed during Christmas. It is the most classic alternative to panettone: the <strong>dough is soft<\/strong>, with a golden colour and<strong> smells of vanilla<\/strong>. The shape is a trunk with star-shaped reliefs; the ingredients include flour, sugar, eggs, butter, cocoa butter and yeast.<\/p>\n<p>PS: Try both with the typical <strong>mascarpone cream<\/strong> for a super delicious touch!<\/p>\n<p><strong>NORTHERN EUROPE: GINGERBREAD MAN COOKIES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-326523 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/lifestyle\/xmas-makes-us-all-better-andsweet-toothed-here-all-the-desserts-you-wont-say-no-to\/attachment\/christmas_lover_18-2\/'><img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/christmas_lover_18-2-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-326528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/christmas_lover_18-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/christmas_lover_18-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/christmas_lover_18-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/christmas_lover_18-2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/christmas_lover_18-2.jpg 821w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-326528'>\n\t\t\t\tcredits to @christmas_lover_18\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Gingerbread cookies are typically in the shape of decorated men or stars, which we are used to seeing at Christmas time next to a cup of tea or hanging on the Christmas tree. Their recipe is traditional of <strong>Anglo-Saxon origin<\/strong> but now they have become a must for the Christmas period all over the world. Their dough is made of flour, butter, molasses, icing sugar, eggs, <strong>ginger<\/strong>, cinnamon and nutmeg to which, once laid, is given the shape of a little man and decorated with<strong> royal icing<\/strong> obtained from egg whites, icing sugar and lemon juice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GINGERBREAD HOUSE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-326523 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/lifestyle\/xmas-makes-us-all-better-andsweet-toothed-here-all-the-desserts-you-wont-say-no-to\/attachment\/christmas_lover_18\/'><img width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/christmas_lover_18-240x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-326530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/christmas_lover_18-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/christmas_lover_18.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-326530'>\n\t\t\t\tcredits to @christmas_lover_18\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>As an alternative to gingerbread man cookies, the <strong>gingerbread house<\/strong> is made of biscuit dough, cut and cooked in an appropriate form to create buildings. Typical of the areas of Germany, of the <strong>Scandinavian peninsula<\/strong> and now of American adoption, it is usually made of a crunchy ginger biscuit known as pepparkakor, decorated with different varieties of<strong> candy<\/strong> and icing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FRANCE: CROQUEMBOUCHE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-326523 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/lifestyle\/xmas-makes-us-all-better-andsweet-toothed-here-all-the-desserts-you-wont-say-no-to\/attachment\/zoebakes\/'><img width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/zoebakes-240x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-326532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/zoebakes-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/zoebakes-768x959.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/zoebakes-820x1024.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/zoebakes.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-326532'>\n\t\t\t\tcredits to @zoebakes\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The croquembouche is a typical F<strong>rench dessert<\/strong> created by the chef Marie-Antoine Car\u00eame, formed by a mountain of cream puffs. The puffs are prepared with <strong>choux pastry<\/strong> and can be filled with cream, custard or chantilly. To keep the mountain of puffs together, the <strong>warm caramel<\/strong> is used, which, cooling off from the croquembouche, as its name suggests &#8220;crunchy in the mouth&#8221;, gets an incredibly crunchy external consistency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GERMANY: STOLLEN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-326523 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/lifestyle\/xmas-makes-us-all-better-andsweet-toothed-here-all-the-desserts-you-wont-say-no-to\/attachment\/natalieokoneshnikova_-2\/'><img width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/natalieokoneshnikova_-2-240x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-326534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/natalieokoneshnikova_-2-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/natalieokoneshnikova_-2-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/natalieokoneshnikova_-2-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/natalieokoneshnikova_-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-326534'>\n\t\t\t\tcredits to @natalieokoneshnikova_ \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Considered the ancient referee in the fight between Pandoro and Panettone, Stollen is a <strong>mouth-watering German Christmas cake<\/strong>. It is a sweet leavened dough particularly rich in butter and dried fruit, such as almonds and raisins, covered with icing sugar. To make it even more delicious it is filled in some of its variants of sweet ricotta and red fruits!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every country has its traditions, it is true, but if there is something that unites everyone during Christmas time, they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":326538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326523"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326540,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326523\/revisions\/326540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}