Giusi said...

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> "Dee Dee" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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>> I'm wondering if in Italy at most restaurants, profiteroles are served
>> with a cream inside versus ice cream.
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>> The reason I ask is that my only recollection is that they were on
>> carts that were rolled around to display at the end of the meal for
>> your choice of desserts, and I don't remember seeing any dribbling ice
>> cream.
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>> Is the cream inside more of an eclair cream in most cases?
>>
>> Thanks for satisfying my curiousity.
>> Dee Dee
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> I wonder if you can still call them profiterole if they have ice cream.
> It's supposed to be pastry cream. My kid ate them every other day this
> week in Florence-- for breakfast.


I'm reminded of lyrics by Procol Harum on "Grand Hotel," 1971

Tonight we dine at hotel ritz.
(a golden dish with every wish).

Its mirrored walls, and velvet drapes,
Dry champagne, and bursting grapes.

Dover sole, and oeufs mornay,
Profiteroles and peach flambe.

The waiters dance on fingertips
The nights we dine at hotel ritz.

....Les nuits qu'on passe a l'Hotel Grande.


André