Luscious Lemon Dessert Recipes (2024)

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What is the name of the famous dessert made of lemon on the Amalfi Coast? ›

Delizia al limone (Lemon Delight) is a tasty spoon dessert made of a dome-shaped sponge base, filled with cream and covered with lemon glaze. You will find different variants of the Delizia in every pastry shop of the Amalfi Coast, but here are our top five pastry shops where you can taste it!

The Sorrento lemon, one of the best lemons in Italy, gets its name from the town of Sorrento, southern Italy. The whole Amalfi Coast is known for lemons and limoncello, but Sorrento in particular. Driving on the Amalfi Coast Road, you'll spot terraces of lemon groves climbing high up the steep cliffs.

The sfusato amalfitano lemon trees of the Amalfi region in western Italy bear fruit so sweet they're eaten like apples—rind, pith, and meat—by locals and visitors alike. This naturally sugary variety of lemon is called sfusato, meaning “spindle,” for its tapered shape.

It's a unique variety- long, tapered and at least double the size of other lemons. It has thick and wrinkled skin with an intense perfume, and a sweet and juicy flesh. Cultivated in the typical terraced gardens along the Amalfi Coast, they are gathered from February to October.

Making crème brûlée isn't hard at all, but you will need a few things to get started. Here's a list of the essential tools required for making it (and some alternatives): Ramekins--I like a deeper custard and less brûlée, so I like ramekins like these (affiliate link).

Ashure (Noah's Pudding) is thought to be the oldest dessert in the world, first made by Noah after his fabled landfall at Mt Ararat. It is a delightful mix of dried fruit, nuts, grains and beans (yes, beans!) made in Turkey and all over the Middle East.