I'm not a huge fan of desserts, but when I find a pastry shop like this I can't help but stop and give free rein to my taste buds.
Verona, as we know, is famous for its desserts, which at any time of the year find the right opportunity to be appreciated and tasted: during carnival period, for example, the pastry shops spread the intense scent of the "fritole”, Which compared to the Venetian ones are prepared using apples and grappa and which today are fried in boiling oil, while originally they were thrown in pork fat because the oil was little known and used.
In Christmas time, on the Veronese tables, the pandoro certainly stands out, born in 1894 by Domenico Melegatti, but its ancestor, much appreciated not only by the older generations of grandparents but also by children and young people, is the famous nadalin, originally from the late thirteenth century, always in the shape of an eight-pointed star but less tall and less precise than to his heir. The Mandorlato, then, it is certainly no less noteworthy: it is basically a crumbly, white dessert made with egg whites, sugar, almonds and honey, originally from the Veronese plain and, in particular, from Cologna Veneta.
Last week, curious to see Verona during the Christmas period and attracted to taste its typical sweets, I discovered a confectionery that made me crazy and that I recommend from my heart: it is the pastry shop Scapini, in the Veronetta area.
I tasted the risini, shortcrust pastry baskets filled with custard e rice cooked in milk vanilla flavored: spectacular! But also the zaleti, yellow biscuits due to the presence of corn flour, typical of the Venetian peasant culture, are a riot of tastes.
Pure Artusi, back in 1891, he had declaimed its goodness with these words: “Lord mothers, amuse your children with these gialletti; but be warned not to taste them if you don't want to hear them cry in case it is very likely that they touch the least part. " And in the Scapini pastry shop you will discover its original flavor, the one that only the precious hands of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers knew how to give and pamper us.
I had read about the Scapini pastry shop in an issue of Bell'Italia, I can only confirm the positive opinion even in the face of the excellent quality / price ratio. Pssss, a last tip… Have a coffee prepared and accompany it with some handcrafted chocolates produced here, you won't regret it!
