And since we’re at the sweets, let us throw a li’l music, culture and workouts into the mix
The appointment with Dolci d’Italia is approaching; the national festival dedicated to sweets will be in Spoleto from Saturday 29 October to Tuesday 1 November. The journey among the delicacies of the Bel Paese will start at 10 a.m. and the ribbon-cutting ceremony, at 11 a.m. in the cloister of San Nicolò, will be attended by Aldo Amoni, president of Epta Confcommercio Umbria, Andrea Sisti, mayor of Spoleto, and Pietro Bellini, president of Gal Valle Umbra e Sibillini, with whose contribution the event is organised.
Over 80 exhibitors’ stands, twenty cooking shows, and many workshops and initiatives are scheduled. The opening day will see, in the Sweet academy area of the Chiostro di San Nicolò, the students of the ‘Giancarlo de Carolis’ hotel school engaged in the making of Crescionda, starting at 11 a.m.
This will be followed by the cooking shows ‘Zafferano che passione: Tozzetti allo zafferano e crema di zafferano mantecata al miele‘, organised by the Associazione Zafferano Spoleto (Spoleto Saffron Association), and ‘La pasticceria da viaggio‘ (Travelling confectionery) by Donatella Aquili, of the Università dei Sapori; and again, in collaboration with AIC, Luca Fabbri will prepare the gluten-free Plum Cake with grape must and walnuts, while Matteo Felici will prepare the Mignon of dark chocolate mousse and truffle with pear confit insert, on a shortcrust pastry disk. Also not to be missed is ‘Mia Cheese cake‘, Italy’s longest cheese cake, to be tasted free of charge in Corso Mazzini from 5 pm.
Let’s not panic tough: you guys will all overcome these sins of gluttony remorselessly, thanks to the ‘Sweet awakening‘ (Saturday 29 October and Tuesday 1 November at 11 a.m.) and ‘Sunset fitness‘ (Sunday 30 October at 4.30 p.m.) at the Sweet-fit area of the Chiostro di San Nicolò, where fun will mean exercising to the rhythm of music.
And music will be the protagonist again in ‘Dolci note‘, a performance accompanied by a small cake tasting at the Roman Theatre on Saturday 29 October at 4 pm.
The Church of Sant’Agata, then, on Saturday 29 October from 3.00 p.m. and Sunday 30 October from 10.00 a.m., will host ‘Archaeology meets the palate‘, a cultural and gastronomic journey that will take participants back 2,000 years: it will be possible to taste, free of charge, some desserts taken from ancient Roman recipes, prepared by the skilful archaeocook Cristina Conte, and to learn some anecdotes and stories extrapolated from the book ‘A tavola con gli antichi romani‘ (At the table with the ancient Romans), by the populariser Giorgio Franchetti.
The Dolci d’Italia festival is also culture, therefore. In addition to taking a ‘leap into history’, it will offer an in-depth look at ‘Short supply chain and sustainability‘, on Friday 28 October at 3.30 p.m. at Palazzo Mauri, in the event’s preview conference. All initiatives are free admission, every day from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. For the complete and updated programme, please visit www.dolciditalia.it.
