{"id":463,"date":"2008-02-07T07:36:13","date_gmt":"2008-02-07T07:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/07\/bergamo-polenta-e-osei-and-other-desserts\/"},"modified":"2008-08-20T17:16:10","modified_gmt":"2008-08-20T17:16:10","slug":"bergamo-polenta-e-osei-and-other-desserts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/07\/bergamo-polenta-e-osei-and-other-desserts\/","title":{"rendered":"Bergamo, Polenta e Osei and Other Desserts"},"content":{"rendered":"

A quick day trip from Milan, Bergamo is an interesting city that is cleanly divided into two parts: Bergamo Alta<\/strong> and the newer, more modern Bergamo. Bergamo Alta sits back on a hill, overlooking the bustling city center below.<\/p>\n

\"Piazza<\/a><\/p>\n

Bergamo Alta can be reached easily by taking a short funicolare ride up to the upper city. A perfect place for a passeggiata, Bergamo Alta is a maze of small streets and window shops. <\/p>\n

And many, many pastry shops and bakeries to tempt you along the way.<\/p>\n

\"More<\/a><\/p>\n

Ever eaten sweet polenta? No? This dessert is a Bergamasco specialty, and even though it’s called Polenta e Osei<\/strong>, it is in no way actually made of polenta. It resembles a mound of polenta with a little bird (osei) on top of it. <\/p>\n

The polenta-like appearance is due to a yellow fondant covering rolled in big crystals of sugar, with a dollop of apricot jam on top. Inside, a yellow cake (pan di spagna<\/em>) hides a cream center of usually hazelnut. The marzipan birds perched on top range from the very elaborate to more impressionist\/abstract art. I won’t tell you what I thought some of the “birds” were on some polenta e osei that I saw, but if a brown marzipan shape gets wilted…. Polenta e Osei mimics its savoury (and real polenta) twin of the same name, yet the sweet version seems to be the more well-known one. Rowena has another Polenta e Osei with a less-abstract marzipan bird<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Polenta<\/a><\/p>\n

If Polenta e Osei isn’t to your taste, there were many more pastries to be seen and eaten. Lucky for you, you’re doing a passeggiata at the same time so you can walk off some of those pastry calories! This Torta Millefoglie<\/strong> looks especially interesting and I would love to break it open. I love that they stack everything!<\/p>\n

\"Torta<\/a><\/p>\n

These Cannoli alla Crema<\/strong> aren’t made the traditional way but filled with meringa<\/em>, meringue instead of ricotta.<\/p>\n

\"Cannoli<\/a><\/p>\n

Pear and chocolate is a popular combination in Italy. Here they are tucked inside a pastry shell called Sfogliate Pere e Cioccolato<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Sfogliate<\/a><\/p>\n

There weren’t only sweets in Bergamo – here are some fresh pasta and bread – oh wait, there are desserts in this picture, too. <\/p>\n

\"Fresh<\/a><\/p>\n

Which one of these pastries would you try? The Polenta e Osei? <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A quick day trip from Milan, Bergamo is an interesting city that is cleanly divided into two parts: Bergamo Alta and the newer, more modern Bergamo. Bergamo Alta sits back on a hill, overlooking the bustling city center below. Bergamo Alta can be reached easily by taking a short funicolare ride up to the upper…<\/p>\n

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