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A selection of the best gianduiotti of Turin – Italian Cuisine

Four artisan workshops in Turin for one of the most popular chocolates ever, the Gianduiotto

If you think of Turin, the thought runs fast to one of its most popular sweet symbols in the world, the Gianduiotto. We have selected some artisans who are known for the quality of their products, for classic recipes but also for the most creative ones. All with a common denominator, quality.

Davide Appendino

Face new of the Turin panorama, Davide Appendino loves to define himself chocolate artisan. Son of art, he grew up on bread, chocolate and confectionery, in the historic family insignia, the Pasticceria Dell'Agnese in Borgo Vittoria, opened by his grandfather in 1946. Davide Appendino's passion for chocolate becomes great, so much so that in 2010 he opened his first laboratory, always in Borgo Vittoria. The experience at Expo 2015 opens new horizons to Davide Appendino, so much so as to be the only Turin artisan in the cocoa & chocolate cluster for the duration of the event. An experience so rich and important that it gives Appendino the stimulus for a new adventure, production bean to bar, from the cocoa bean to the chocolate bar: rigorous selection of raw materials, stone processing of cocoa beans, only two products (cocoa and raw cane sugar) for a unique and surprising result. Appendino opens its Bottega del Cioccolato in Via Maria Vittoria 11, in the heart of the Turin chocolate district. Its gianduiotti are unique, as are the recipes: dark Gianduiotto, extruded (IGP hazelnuts, cocoa, sugar) with coffee, pistachio, monorigin Venezuela, with black wrapping (beans from Venezuela, raw cane sugar, IGP hazelnuts) which earned him the 2018 Bronze Medal at the International Chocolate Awards. € 60 per kg

La Perla di Torino

Born in the Borgo Rossini district in 1992, it has already conquered the Turinese for the originality and the goodness of the products, the Perla of Turin offers a selection of ghiotti Gianduiotti, also in maxi format of 100. 250 and 500 gr and the mini gianduiotti.
Sergio Arzilli becomes Master chocolate maker at 38: after discovering he is celiac he can no longer continue to work in the family bakery and decides to deepen his knowledge of the chocolate world. Today assisted in the company by his daughter Valentina, he personally selects the raw materials that, once transformed, will become real delicacies for the palate. For those interested La Perla organizes visits to the laboratory in via Catania 9. Just go to their site and apply. Their truffles are also famous. Prices? Mini Gianduiotti and Gianduiotti € 38.50 per kg

Pfatisch

Among the historical workshops in Turin we find Pfatisch. Founded by the master chocolate maker, of Bavarian origin, Gustavo Pfatisch in 1915, is one of the 240 Historical Places of Italy in 1921 moved the business to the center of Turin, a stone's throw from the Porta Nuova Station, in Via Sacchi 42, in a beautiful Liberty building signed by the architect Pietro Fenoglio. The Pfatisch gianduiotti recipe has remained the same, prepared with Piedmont IGP hazelnuts, offered in three different variants: classic, dark and coffee.

Ziccat

He recently celebrated the 60 years of activity of the historic artisan laboratory of Turin, in via Bardonecchia. Ziccat was born in 1958 and to celebrate this important birthday it inaugurated a new store, in Piazza Borromini 78 / A, in the Borgo Po district. Famous for its chocolates, pralines but also for the Gianduiotti, in the classic and mini version both with 30% IGP Piedmont hazelnut paste. Then the special gianduiotti, in the variants dark, coffee, pepper, pistachio and the one without sugar, made using maltitol.
Prices: classic gianduiotti € 30 euros per kg, minis € 35 per kg and the special version € 32 per kg

The best Indian restaurants in Turin (+ a Persian) – Italian Cuisine

Have you ever tried the cooked foods in the Tandoori oven? No? Then the time has come. A selection of Indian restaurants in Turin to feel a bit like in New Delhi. And a bonus with a Persian restaurant if you're looking for Sharazade

TO turin you will find a fair number of Indian restaurants, each with its own specialty, under the banner of one of the best known cuisines in the world, the Indian one.

Here is our list of Indian restaurants

Taj Majal via Nizza 39 / bis
Approaching Indian cuisine with a tasting menu is always the wisest thing to do to avoid surprises from overly spicy food. From Taj Majal you can start with a small lunch menu at a cost of € 10, then go up to 18 with the vegetarian menu Gandhi, which includes samosa and pakora mix, aloo raita, cheese naan, paneer makhani, aloo palak, dessert or Kerala at 26 € prawn prawns and prawns, Jinga tandoori, aloo raita, cheese naan, jhinga madrasi, aloo palak, dessert. Friendly staff and low prices for a place to consider.

Jaipur Indian Restaurant Orbassano Course 230
If your sweetheart loves spicy flavors and candlelit evenings, Jaipur is the restaurant for you. Among the most popular dishes: the Tandoori very spiced, many vegetarian dishes, with the Ayurveda menu (cost about € 20) or, for fish lovers, the Bengal menu. If you prefer to eat Indian comfortably seated on your sofa the Jaipur makes deliveries at home for the lucky ones who live less than 4 km from the restaurant, 3.5 km to be exact, with a minimum order of € 10, cost for delivery € 2. On Thursdays at lunch 30% discount at checkout.

Namaste India, Montecucco course 26B
If you arrive breathless from the office and have no intention of cooking, you can call Namaste India, for an Indian dinner at home, ready to taste! You can organize the delivery with the restaurant at the time you prefer. The first Indian food rotisserie opened in Turin in 2003.
The app for online orders at the moment is usable by Android users (we faithful to iOS we are waiting). You will be spoiled for choice: vegetarian pakora, paneer pakora, vegetable samosa or the tasty bread stuffed with cheese, the Cheese Nan. The app allows you to get a 10% discount, code APP10.

A greedy extra, the Persian restaurant
Persian Food Via San Massimo 38F
Raise your hand if you have not dreamed of the myth of Sharazade at least once in your life! Iran, one of the most enchanting places in the world, for its culture, for its architecture and also, obviously, for its gastronomy. In Turin there is a corner that smells of Persia, created by chef Assan Akberi and his wife, Nilufar Nojabaj. For dishes to taste let us advise you.

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Where to have breakfast in Turin – Italian Cuisine

A selection of 7 places + 1 novelty where you can vent your desire for breakfast, but do not just relegate to weekends.

Turin is delicious, Turin is a city that has a particular ferment for breakfast. A rundown of local, central and a bit 'more peripheral, where to find croissants, brioche, tartlets and Sicilian cannoli for a wake up with the bows. On the other hand, is breakfast or is not the most important meal of the day?

Maggiora river course 2
Hands up those who do not like coffee with cream, fragrant brioche, freshly baked pizzas or traditional Piedmontese desserts. For those who love savory breakfast will find bread for his teeth. Famous rolled sandwich, stuffed with veal with tuna or raw meat or Bra sausage. Greedy, at the boarding!

Gaudenti 1971
The first store was born where once there was Pfatisch Peyrano (corso vittorio emanuele II 76), one of Turin's historic shops dedicated to chocolate. But not satisfied by the friends of Gaudenti 1971, last summer, they inaugurated the second store in the city, just in front of the Porta Nuova train station, in Piazza Carlo Felice, near the corner of Via Roma, to enliven travelers, tourists and passers-by with their delicious creations, sweet and savory. Coffee, cappuccinos and juices included.

Luca Scarcella via Lurisia 7
Luca Scarcella in Turin (and not only) is known for its breads, using mother yeast and stone-ground flour, long leavening. But not everyone knows that Scarcella is also a paradise for lovers of brioche, croissants, mini tartlets and fruit tarts. The proposal of the moment with chestnuts and marron glacé, perfect for breakfast and coffee break in the office. A few days ago, there is a coffee break corner by Costadoro, to take advantage of a cup of coffee or a steaming cappuccino to go with brioche & Co.

Pastry Grapes
The owner does not shine for sympathy, it must be said, but the breakfast from Pasticceria Uva has an edge: the croissants are delicious (in different flavors), sandwiches and savory brioche stuffed with smoked salmon and butter, cooked and raw ham, sweet sandwiches with bacon and eggs, just to name a few. And if you are planning a dinner, the legendary Tropeziana is the perfect dessert to amaze your friends.

Orsucci
Roberto Miranti is inspired by the great master Iginio Massari for his creations, creations designed to amaze and attract more and more greedy customers of good things in the bakery in via Borgaro 65, Orsucci. All you have to do is set up the Miranti perfect breakfast navigator.

Beautiful Sicily course of 77
there are those who love croissants and there are those who prefer to have breakfast with a Sicilian cannoli or a brioche with ice cream. Nothing strange. For the sweet tooth of Sicilian sweets in Turin there is an address dedicated to them: Bella Sicilia churns out every day delicious cannoli filled at the moment, brioche with tuppo and wonderful cassatine. For those who do not watch the scales, never.

Lupo pastry
piazza Respighi (via Cherubini 71) cream cannoli, brioche with various jams and croissants all butter. It's a little out of the way but you can stock up on it.

New opening in the city: Bakery House, in via Carlo Alberto 24, a few steps from Piazza San Carlo. After Rome, a typical one arrives in the city american bakery, with sweet and savory specialties: bagels, french toast, scrambled eggs & toast and panckes, are some of the dishes offered at Bakery House, in pure style american breakfast. In addition, from Monday to Friday, from Bakery House, you can create your own pancake, choosing the base (classic, cocoa or vegan) and the garnish between fresh fruit, maple syrup, hazelnut cream and various jams. Here in addition to the American Style breakfast you can also have lunch and organize a dinner with friends.

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