On Tue 17 Jun 2008 04:09:36p, Goomba told us...

> Goomba wrote:
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>>> I do find it odd, especially with as many wonderful food Italy has to
>>> offer, that there is no crushed pineapple.
>>>
>>> I have what I suppose is an American version of Zuppa Inglese, which
>>> has 3 sponge layers which are doused liberally with a rum, water,
>>> sugar solution, then filled with a layer of a chocolate boiled custard
>>> on the first layer and a pineapple boiled custard on the second
>>> layer. It definitely calls for crushed pineapple in the latter
>>> filling. The whole of the cake is then frosted with Italian
>>> meringue. It's one of my favorite desserts.
>>
>> Zuppa Inglese doesn't have pineapple in it.
>> My father always spoke fondly of the cakes his Zia Victoria made with
>> all teh creamy custard, cake, candied fruit, chocolate bits and what a
>> huge production these were and how he loved her for her efforts!
>
> Doesn't HAVE to HAVE pineapple in it... that's what I thought I'd typed?
> Meaning the inclusion or lack thereof of pineapple isn't a qualifyer to
> calling it zuppa Inglese, y'know?
>

Gotcha... I have eaten a number of different versions of zuppe Inglese,
all of which I enjoyed. There was a very old Italian restaurant in
CLeveland, The New York Spaghetti House, which served a version much like
you described with the candied fruits and bits of chocolate, every bit as
good I thought as one that was homemade.

I think no matter what version you make, it's a considerable effort to
pull it all together. I make it perhaps once a year, and never at the
holidays because of all the effort going into a holiday meal. Most often I
will make it for a birthday cake.

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Wayne Boatwright
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