PASTICCINI
PASTRIES
Pasticcini is Italian for ‘little pastries’. These vary from 1.5”-3” in size and come in a variety of pastry types and choice of flavours. In Italy, these are a popular dinner party or occasion dessert as their bite-size proportions lend themselves well for sharing and sampling more than one type.
My Pasticcini range is a pre-designed collection of mini-Italian pastries which are made to order. Simply browse the range, choose your pastries and then contact me to enquire about availability.
CROSTATINE DI FRUTTA
£2.10
Per unit (minimum order of 24, 50 for weddings)
These bite-sized family favourites have a beautifully crisp, zesty lemon pastry. It is filled with a smooth and sumptuous vanilla pastry cream and is topped with glazed fresh fruits.
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Butter (MILK), 00 (WHEAT) flour, Icing sugar, lemon zest, egg yolks (EGG), whole MILK, granulated sugar, pork gelatine, vanilla bean paste including; sugar, water, vanilla extract, vanilla seeds, tragacanth) cornflour, custard powder including maize starch, salt, flavouring, colour (annatto) Bon cremi zuppa inglese flavouring including: sugar, water, glucose syrup, cornflour, flavourings, colours E102 and E124, may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.
Toppings: Fresh seasonal fruit glazed with apricot jam including; Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sugar, Apricots, Acidity Regulators (Citric acid, Sodium Citrates), Gelling Agent (Pectins).
Please state if you are vegetarian when ordering and the gelatine can be substituted for a vegetarian alternative.
PLEASE NOTE THIS PRODUCT IS MADE IN A KITCHEN THAT USES THE FOLLOWING ALLERGENS: ALMONDS, HAZELNUTS, PISTACHIOS, PINENUTS, SOYA, EGGS, GLUTEN, SULPHITES AND MILK.
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Size: Mignon (miniature) 1.5” in diameter
Price: £2.10 per unit (minimum order of 24, 50 for weddings)
Store: Store in refrigerator. Not suitable for freezing.
Shelf-life: This product will remain good to eat for 48 hours after collection
BIGNE՛
£2.10
Per unit (minimum order of 24, 50 for weddings)
These little heavenly mouthfuls consist of light choux pastry buns filled with a smooth and silky pastry cream that can be flavoured to suit a multitude of tastes. They can be topped with chocolate or simply dusted with icing sugar, either way, they taste divine.
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Butter (MILK), 00 (WHEAT) flour , sugar, salt, EGGS, water, whole MILK, pork gelatine, vanilla bean paste including; sugar, water, vanilla extract, vanilla seeds, tragacanth) cornflour, custard powder including maize starch, salt, flavouring, colour (annatto).
Flavour choices for pastry cream filling:
Lemon zest and limoncello liquor
Dark Chocolate; 54.5% Dark chocolate including SOYA Cocoa mass – Sugar – Cocoa butter – Emulsifier: soy lecithin (E322) – Natural vanilla flavouring
Nutella including; sugar, palm oil, Hazelnuts (13%), Skimmed Milk Powder (8.7%), Fat-Reduced Cocoa (7.4%), Emulsifier: Lecithins (Soya), Vanillin.
Pure HAZELNUT paste
Pure PISTACHIO paste
Vanilla: Bon cremi zuppa inglese flavouring including: sugar, water, glucose syrup, cornflour, flavourings, colours E102 and E124, may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children
Home-made caramel: Sugar, Water, Butter (MILK), Double cream (MILK), salt
TOPPINGS include any of the following:
54.5% Dark chocolate including SOYA Cocoa mass – Sugar – Cocoa butter – Emulsifier: soy lecithin (E322) – Natural vanilla flavouring, 33.6% milk chocolate and White chocolate (including; sugar – cocoa butter – whole MILK powder-Lactose MILK – cocoa mass -Emulsifier: soy lecithin (E322) – Natural vanilla flavouring)
If you are vegetarian please state this at the point of ordering and the gelatine can be substituted for a vegetarian alternative.
PLEASE NOTE THIS PRODUCT IS MADE IN A KITCHEN THAT USES THE FOLLOWING ALLERGENS: ALMONDS, HAZELNUTS, PISTACHIOS, PINENUTS, SOYA, EGGS, GLUTEN, SULPHITES AND MILK, I CANNOT GUARANTEE AGAINST TRACES OF THESE ALLERGENS.
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Size: Mignon (miniature) 1.5-2” in diameter
Price: £2.10 per unit (minimum order of 24, 50 for weddings)
Store: Store in refrigerator. Not suitable for freezing.
Shelf-life: This product will remain good to eat for 72 hours after collection
DELIZIOSI
£2.10
Per unit (minimum order of 24, 50 for weddings)
A delightful nutty sensation that combines your choice of hazelnut or pistachio pastry cream and chocolate ganache with a crisp chocolate crostata pastry. Akin to a sandwiched biscuit in structure, these beauties are then rolled in chopped hazelnuts or pistachios and decorated with white chocolate.
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‘00’ WHEAT Flour, butter (MILK), icing sugar, cocoa powder including acidity regulators (Potassium Hydroxide and Potassium carbonates), EGG yolk,
Chocolate and Hazelnut flavour: EGGS, whole MILK, pork gelatine, cornflour, custard powder including maize starch, salt, flavouring, colour (annatto), granulated sugar, Nutella (including sugar, palm oil, Hazelnuts (13%), Skimmed Milk Powder (8.7%), Fat-Reduced Cocoa (7.4%), Emulsifier: Lecithins (Soya), Vanillin, white chocolate including; sugar – cocoa butter – whole MILK powder-Lactose MILK – cocoa mass -Emulsifier: soy lecithin (E322) – Natural vanilla flavouring) Chopped roasted HAZELNUTS.
Chocolate and Pistachio flavour: EGGS, whole MILK, pork gelatine, cornflour, custard powder including maize starch, salt, flavouring, colour (annatto), granulated sugar, pure pistachio nut paste. 54.5% Dark chocolate including SOYA Cocoa mass – Sugar – Cocoa butter – Emulsifier: soy lecithin (E322) – Natural vanilla flavouring, and double cream (MILK) and chopped PISTACHIOS.
If you are vegetarian, please state at the point of ordering and the gelatine can be substituted for a vegetarian alternative.
PLEASE NOTE THIS PRODUCT IS MADE IN A KITCHEN THAT USES THE FOLLOWING ALLERGENS: ALMONDS, HAZELNUTS, PISTACHIOS, PINENUTS, SOYA, EGGS, GLUTEN, SULPHITES AND MILK. I CANNOT GURANTEE AGAINST TRACES OF THESE ALLERGENS.
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Size: Mignon (miniature) 2” in diameter
Price: £2.10 per unit (minimum order of 24, 50 for weddings)
Store: Store in refrigerator. Not suitable for freezing.
Shelf-life: This product will remain good to eat for 48 hours after collection
CANNONCINI
£3.25
Per unit (minimum order of 24, 50 for weddings)
Beautifully flaky, handmade, all-butter puff pastry shaped like ‘horns’. Like the Bigné, they are filled with a smooth and silky pastry cream that can be flavoured to suit a multitude of tastes. It can be topped with chocolate and nuts or simply dusted with icing sugar.
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Puff pastry including; WHEAT Flour, Margarine (Palm Oil, Water, Emulsifiers (Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids – Vegetable, Lecithins (Sunflower)), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Salt), Water, Ethanol, Sugar, Salt, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), EGG glaze, granulated sugar. Whole MILK, vanilla bean paste including; sugar, water, vanilla extract, vanilla seeds, tragacanth) , cornflour, custard powder including maize starch, salt, flavouring, colour (annatto), granulated sugar.
Flavour options for pastry cream filling:
Lemon zest and limoncello liquor
Dark Chocolate; 54.5% Dark chocolate including SOYA Cocoa mass – Sugar – Cocoa butter – Emulsifier: soy lecithin (E322) – Natural vanilla flavouring
Nutella including; sugar, palm oil, Hazelnuts (13%), Skimmed Milk Powder (8.7%), Fat-Reduced Cocoa (7.4%), Emulsifier: Lecithins (Soya), Vanillin.
Pure HAZELNUT paste
Pure PISTACHIO paste
Vanilla: Bon cremi zuppa inglese flavouring including: sugar, water, glucose syrup, cornflour, flavourings, colours E102 and E124, may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children
Home-made caramel: Sugar, Water, Butter (MILK), Double cream (MILK), salt.
If you are vegetarian, please state this at the point of ordering and the gelatine can be substituted for a vegetarian alternative.
PLEASE NOTE THIS PRODUCT IS MADE IN A KITCHEN THAT USES THE FOLLOWING ALLERGENS: ALMONDS, HAZELNUTS, PISTACHIOS, PINENUTS, SOYA, EGGS, GLUTEN, SULPHITES AND MILK, I CANNOT GUARANTEE AGAINST TRACES OF THESE ALLERGENS.
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Size: Mignon (miniature) 2.5-3” in length.
Price: £3.25 per unit (minimum order of 24, 50 for weddings)
Store: Store in refrigerator. Not suitable for freezing.
Shelf-life: This product will remain good to eat for 72 hours after collection.
PESCHÉ FINTÉ
£2.95
Per unit (minimum order of 24, 50 for weddings)
A delicacy of Northern Italy, these heavenly mini pastries get their name form their ‘peach-like’ appearance, however, don’t be deceived they don’t taste like one. This is a biscuit-style pastry that is hollowed and filled with a vanilla pastry cream, then dipped in Alchermes (a lightly spiced liqueur) and rolled in sugar. Its crisp outer and soft centre give it perfectly contrasting textures and it is finished with a mint leaf for added scent and flavour.
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00 WHEAT flour, sugar, butter (MILK), EGGS, whole MILK, lemon zest, Pane dgli angeli rasing agent including; raising agents (discodic diphosphate E450, sodium hydrogen carbonate E500), cornflour, stabilizers: sodium and potassium salts,calcium of fatty acids (E470a), flavourings. whole MILK, pork gelatine, vanilla bean paste including; sugar, water, vanilla extract, vanilla seeds, tragacanth) cornflour, custard powder including maize starch, salt, flavouring, colour (annatto) Bon cremi zuppa inglese flavouring including: sugar, water, glucose syrup, cornflour, flavourings, colours E102 and E124, may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children. Alchermes liqueur, caster sugar and fresh mint leaf.
Please state if you are vegetarian when ordering and the gelatine can be substituted for a vegetarian alternative.
PLEASE NOTE THIS PRODUCT IS MADE IN A KITCHEN THAT USES THE FOLLOWING ALLERGENS: ALMONDS, HAZELNUTS, PISTACHIOS, PINENUTS, SOYA, EGGS, GLUTEN, SULPHITES AND MILK, I CANNOT GUARANTEE AGAINST TRACES OF THESE ALLERGENS.
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Size: Mignon (miniature) 2” in diameter
Price: £2.95 per unit (minimum order of 24, 50 for weddings)
Store: Store in refrigerator. Not suitable for freezing.
Shelf-life: 48-72 hours.
PICCOLE PAVLOVA
£2.95
Per unit (minimum order of 24, 50 for weddings)
These are a mini-Italian version of the classic French meringue-based dessert. They consist of a meringue basket, filled with vanilla pastry cream and Chantilly cream and topped with a combination of seasonal fresh fruits. These are best enjoyed in the summertime as they are light, creamy and refreshing.
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EGG whites, caster sugar, whole MILK, pork gelatine, vanilla bean paste including; sugar, water, vanilla extract, vanilla seeds, tragacanth) cornflour, custard powder including maize starch, salt, flavouring, colour (annatto) Bon cremi zuppa inglese flavouring including: sugar, water, glucose syrup, cornflour, flavourings, colours E102 and E124, may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children. Icing sugar, double cream (MILK).
A small quantity of white chocolate is used to secure the meringue to the base:
white chocolate including; sugar – cocoa butter – whole MILK powder-Lactose MILK – cocoa mass -Emulsifier: soy lecithin (E322) – Natural vanilla flavouring)
Fresh fruits that are in season will be used to decorate, please ask if you have any allergies or intolerances to fresh fruits.
Please state if you are vegetarian when ordering and the gelatine can be substituted for a vegetarian alternative.
PLEASE NOTE THIS PRODUCT IS MADE IN A KITCHEN THAT USES THE FOLLOWING ALLERGENS: ALMONDS, HAZELNUTS, PISTACHIOS, PINENUTS, SOYA, EGGS, GLUTEN, SULPHITES AND MILK, I CANNOT GUARANTEE AGAINST TRACES OF THESE ALLERGENS.
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Size: Mignon (miniature) 2.5” in diameter
Price: £2.95 per unit (minimum order of 24, 50 for weddings)
Store: Store in refrigerator. Not suitable for freezing.
Shelf-life: This product is best eaten on the day it is purchased, after this the meringue may lose its crunch. Shelf-life 48 hours.
RUM BABÁ
£3.25
Per unit (minimum order of 24, 50 for weddings)
Native to the Neapolitan region, these mushroom-shaped sweet treats are made from an enriched dough similar to the brioche. It is soaked in Rum and citrus syrup and is beautifully balanced with a vanilla chantilly cream filling and fresh fruit decoration. (ALSO AVAILABLE IN LIMONCELLO FLAVOUR.)
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Manitoba WHEAT flour, dried baker’s yeast including; emulsifier (Sorbitan Monostearato E491), sugar, salt, butter (MILK), EGGS, Rum syrup including; Dark Rum, water, sugar, lemon and orange peel. Apricot jam including; Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sugar, Apricots, Acidity Regulators (Citric acid, Sodium Citrates), Gelling Agent (Pectins). Fresh double cream (MILK), icing sugar, vanilla bean paste including; sugar, water, vanilla extract, vanilla seeds, tragacanth)
Fresh fruits that are in season will be used to decorate, please ask if you have any allergies or intolerances to fresh fruits.
PLEASE NOTE THIS PRODUCT IS MADE IN A KITCHEN THAT USES THE FOLLOWING ALLERGENS: ALMONDS, HAZELNUTS, PISTACHIOS, PINENUTS, SOYA, EGGS, GLUTEN, SULPHITES AND MILK. I CANNOT GURANTEE AGAINST TRACES OF THESE ALLERGENS.
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Size: Mignon (miniature) 2.5-3” in length.
Price: £3.25 per unit (minimum order of 24, 50 for weddings)
Store: Store in refrigerator. Not suitable for freezing.
Shelf-life: This product will remain good to eat for 48 hours after collection
TIRAMISU
£3.25
Per unit (minimum order of 24, 50 for weddings)
These classic Italian mini trifles consists of a light sponge soaked with coffee and amaretto liqueur, layered with a mascarpone cream and topped with a dusting of cocoa.
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EGGS, WHEAT sponge flour (including added calcium, iron, niacin and thiamin, raising agents – Monocalcium phosphate and sodium bicarbonate), caster sugar, icing sugar, double cream (MILK), mascarpone cheese (MILK), RAW EGGS, espresso coffee, amaretto ALMOND flavoured liqueur coloured with caramel), cocoa powder including acidity regulators (Potassium Hydroxide and Potassium carbonates).
ANY ADDED TOPPINGS: 54.5% Dark chocolate including SOYA Cocoa mass – Sugar – Cocoa butter – Emulsifier: soy lecithin (E322) – Natural vanilla flavouring
PLEASE NOTE THIS PRODUCT IS MADE IN A KITCHEN THAT USES THE FOLLOWING ALLERGENS: ALMONDS, HAZELNUTS, PISTACHIOS, PINENUTS, SOYA, EGGS, GLUTEN, SULPHITES AND MILK. I CANNOT GURANTEE AGAINST TRACES OF THESE ALLERGENS.
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Size: Mignon (miniature) 60ml.
Price: £3.25 per unit (minimum order of 24, 50 for weddings)
Store: Store in refrigerator. Not suitable for freezing.
Shelf-life: This product will remain good to eat for 72 hours after collection.
ZUPPE INGLESE
£3.25
Per unit (minimum order of 24, 50 for weddings)
These layered dessert consist of a light sponge soaked with Alkermes, a lightly spiced liqueur that gives the dessert its distinctive pink colouring, this is sandwiched with vanilla pastry cream and topped with Chantilly cream. Moist, creamy and sublimely delicious!
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EGGS, WHEAT sponge flour (including added calcium, iron, niacin and thiamin, raising agents – Monocalcium phosphate and sodium bicarbonate), caster sugar, whole MILK, pork gelatine, vanilla bean paste including; sugar, water, vanilla extract, vanilla seeds, tragacanth) cornflour, custard powder including maize starch, salt, flavouring, colour (annatto) Bon cremi zuppa inglese flavouring including: sugar, water, glucose syrup, cornflour, flavourings, colours E102 and E124, may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children. Icing sugar, double cream (MILK), Alchermes liqueur.
PLEASE NOTE THIS PRODUCT IS MADE IN A KITCHEN THAT USES THE FOLLOWING ALLERGENS: ALMONDS, HAZELNUTS, PISTACHIOS, PINENUTS, SOYA, EGGS, GLUTEN, SULPHITES AND MILK. I CANNOT GURANTEE AGAINST TRACES OF THESE ALLERGENS
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Size: Mignon (miniature) 60ml.
Price: £3.25 per unit (minimum order of 24, 50 for weddings)
Store: Store in refrigerator. Not suitable for freezing.
Shelf-life: This product will remain good to eat for 48 hours after collection.
CANNOLI SICILIANI
£3.95
Per unit (minimum order of 24, 50 for weddings)
A well-known Italian favourite from the Island of Sicily. Their popularity is down to their sublime crunchy texture and creamy filling. These unique deep-fried pastry tubes are filled with sweetened ricotta and come in 4 flavours: Traditional Sicilian Citrus (flavoured with orange and lemon zest and candied citrus peel), Amarena cherry, Nutella (chocolate and hazelnut) and Pistachio.
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00 WHEAT flour, EGG, vegetable oil, sugar, marsala wine (SULPHITES), whole MILK, ricotta cheese (MILK), icing sugar.
Flavour options:
Sicilian Citrus: Orange and lemon zest, candied citrus peel including;
Orange Peel (39%), Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Lemon Peel (12%), Sugar, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Preservative (Sulphur Dioxide)
Cherry: Amarena sour cherries in syrup including; Amarena cherries, sugar, water, glucose syrup, citric acid, natural flavouring, colour: anthocyanins.
Pistachio: Sugar, PISTACHIO 22%, vegetables oils and fats (sunflower, coconut and cocoa butter), low fat MILK powder, emulsifier E322 sunflower lecithin, salt, vanillin, coloured with E141i, E100i chopped PISTACHIOS. May also contain traces of other Nuts, Peanuts and Sesame Seeds.
Nutella: Nutella (including sugar, palm oil, HAZELNUTS (13%), Skimmed MILK Powder (8.7%), Fat-Reduced Cocoa (7.4%), Emulsifier: Lecithins (SOYA), Vanillin. Chopped HAZELNUTS
PLEASE NOTE THIS PRODUCT IS MADE IN A KITCHEN THAT USES THE FOLLOWING ALLERGENS: ALMONDS, HAZELNUTS, PISTACHIOS, PINENUTS, SOYA, EGGS, GLUTEN, SULPHITES AND MILK.
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Size: Standard approx. 4inches
Price: £3.95 per unit (minimum order of 24, 50 for weddings)
Store: Store in refrigerator. Not suitable for freezing.
Shelf-life: This product is best eaten on the day it is purchased, after this the pastry shell will lose its crunch. Shelf-life 72 hours.
KIND WORDS FROM MY CUSTOMERS
“Thank you Lorena for helping to make our Anniversary celebration all that more special with your luxurious, hand-crafted and absolutely delicious pasticcini. The pasticcini were beautifully displayed, perfectly sized and very tasty. Everyone praised them and the set-up of the dessert station was a great idea allowing everyone to interact casually while enjoying their dessert.”