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We don’t know about any of you, but Eva and I sure ate a lot of sugar over the holidays. There was panettone, cassata, pandoro, cantucci… and that’s just the beginning! Maybe, like us, you still have a sweet tooth but are looking for ways to satisfy it without turning to refined sugar.
A lot of traditional, Italian sweets were invented when sugar was a rare luxury. Home cooks had to get creative when sweetening their desserts, and today Eva’s going to show us some of these alternatives with some treats made with NO sugar!
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MOSTACCIOLI CALABRESI RECIPE –
PANE TRAMVAI RECIPE –
In the spirit of Zia Maria, we are very intentionally not posting a recipe for Pane Schiavuniscu. It must be made by eye! Try it!
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COTTO DI FICHI (FIG SYRUP) –
A more commonly available alternative is “Saba,” made from grapes instead of figs. While it will obviously change the flavor, it can definitely be used as a substitute:
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00:00 – Italian Desserts Made WITHOUT Sugar
01:19 – How to Make Mostaccioli Calabresi – Sugar-Free Cookies
07:04 – Tasting Calabrian Honey Cookies
10:51 – How to Make Pane Tramvai – Italian Raisin Bread
13:30 – Tasting Sugar-Free Sweet Bread
16:01 – Picking Up a Special Guest
16:20 – Meet Zia Maria: Eva’s Culinary Teacher
17:34 – How to Make Pane Schiavuniscu – Sugar-Free Dessert
25:21 – Tasting a Sugar-Free Decadent Dessert
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Happy New Year! We hope these recipes with no added sugar helps to keep the New Year resolutions on track! That being said… what was the MOST delicious dessert you had over the holidays??
Think you guys cheated a bit with the honey. It's just sugar syrup made by bees.
I tried that Catalina Crunch cereal, I thought it sucked. It's rock hard even after sitting in milk for 30 minutes. Then you get a pasty texture in your mouth. Not worth the 6 bucks.
I've recently discovered this channel – you both are so charming and likeable!
Please turn background music down a bit.
Bravo Tia Maria!! ❤
I made a castagnaccio cake recently. Another no sugar added recipe. Just naturally sweetened by raisins and the chestnut flour.
sorry, but honey is pure sugar – so anything you add it to isnt sugar free. also, candied fruit is 90% sugar, so again, youre either lying or poorly informed. what a nonsense video
This episode hit home for me in so many ways. Every time I visit your channel, I always learn new things and renew knowledge of older things I have learned in my life. Thank you both so very much!
Sentire parlare la zia Maria mi fa un venire una grande nostalgia per i miei nonni materni originari di Serra San Bruno e Giffone. Bellissimo video! Pero direi che il miele e anche zucchero considerato naturale e aggiunto.
Great video. In the future could you have background Italian music that's more modern instead of the accordion playing? Keep up the good work!
You guys are pretty near to my hometown! Enjoy Italy and its simple and tasty moments of happiness!
My Italian-American family has made mostaccioli for over 100 years. We do not use cloves or cinnamon, but flavor them with grated orange peel, crushed almonds and chocolate. They are a Christmas must-have.
Loved this. So many delicious desserts. Especially enjoyed the cooking lesson with zia Maria.
Uh honey doesn't count as "non-sugar". Its like saying "we're not eating sugar anymore so instead we're using corn fructose syrup" lol
Honey is exactly like sugar in the body, it does raise cancer risk, diabetic risk etc…
These recipes are thousands of years old, ancient Romans and Greeks already made them, and oftentimes the shape was ritual and the mustazzola were offered as "ex voto" to divinities and in the catholic tradition to saints for requests or for received miracles/grace.
Zia Maria is a is a star.
I think Cornucopia translates, or is also known in English as "horn of plenty".
When I was about 45 years of age I was thrilled to realise that I had stopped measuring ingredients and was cooking and baking "by eye", like my mother and my grandmother. Getting old has its perks!
Have been to Monza and had the Pan Tramvai! We have friends that live nearby and enjoyed it on one of our visits!! BTW, just ordered the chestnut honey from Italy!!
Aunt Maria was precious!
Since I started to watch your videos, I've come to the conclusion that I know sooo little and I thought I knew quite a bit! Ava is an inspiration. I plan on trying her recipes and techniques. The chestnut torte looks delicious. It will be the perfect desert for my Italian family for the Vigilia (sp?) One of my grand nieces is vegan, and I know that she especially will appreciate this desert. Question for Ava, my father (deceased) came from Abruzzo so my Sicilian mother learned how to cook in his mother's style. For decades she made pizzelle with a filling made with musto but family always called the pizzelles "navole". Again, not sure of the spelling of "navole". Have you heard pizzelles called this? One last thing, I always prided myself in being particular about buying Barilla. Boy, was I wrong! Told my husband when we finish the Barilla we have, we will switch over to the premium pasta. Okay, this really is the last thing Ava, what are your thoughts about baby pastina? Thank you.
You guys just killed me with your long silence after “what if you don’t have honey…?”🤨
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I love, love Zia Maria! Grazie to her for sharing her knowledge. Please make more videos with Zia Maria.
do you ever worry of finding a hair in your soup???
I legit walk around my house sayin: HARPER HARPER there is no bacon in carbonara. Love this channel !