What dessert means 'cooked cream' in Italian?
Panna cotta the name means 'cooked cream', the ingredients are only warmed enough to dissolve the gelatin and sugar. Panna cotta is often served with a coulis of berries, or a sauce of caramel or chocolate. It may be covered with other fruits or liqueurs. The name "panna cotta" is not mentioned in Italian cookbooks before the 1960s, yet it is often cited as a traditional dessert of the northern Italian region of Piedmont. One (undocumented) story says that it was invented by a Hungarian woman in the Langhe in the early 1900s. An 1879 dictionary mentions a dish called "latte inglese"
Boston cream pie pâtissière" and topped with icing made from chocolate. Boston cream pie A Boston cream pie is a yellow butter cake that is filled with custard or cream and topped with chocolate glaze. The dessert acquired its name when cakes and pies were cooked in the same pans, and the words were used interchangeably. In the latter part of the 19th century, this type of cake was variously called a "cream pie", a "chocolate cream pie", or a "custard cake". Owners of the Parker House Hotel in Boston say that the Boston cream pie was first created at the hotel by