Christmas in Italian haute patisserie: a journey through flavors that ignite the soul
Christmas 2025 brings with it an Italy that is rising, growing, and renewing itself.
From north to south, in workshops fragrant with butter and ancient stories, master pastry chefs and visionary chefs are redesigning the landscape of fine leavened products. Panettone, pandoro, sweet focaccia, family recipes that become art: every creation is a story of identity, territory, memory.
It is a Christmas that is not limited to tradition: it reinvents it, caresses it, takes it higher.
Ada Gourmet – “Pan de Ada”: when Ciaramicola becomes a star-studded emotion
There is the hand of a chef, Ada Stifani (on the cover), and there is a territory that pulsates beneath the icing.
The Ciaramicola, a Perugian symbol of celebration and rebirth, becomes panettone, becomes “Pan de Ada”, becomes a bridge between the past and contemporary wonder.
48 hours of natural leavening.
A hint of Alchermes liqueur that smells of roses and spices.
An Italian meringue as soft as a childhood memory.
Colored chocolate shavings that evoke the celebration and its promise.
Each panettone is a small work of art, packaged in illustrated boxes that carry a fragment of Perugia with them.
It is created in a place that preserves the spirit of centuries past: an ancient stable, then a disco, now home to the Ada Gourmet restaurant, nestled within the Etruscan walls of Porta Cornea. Here, history is not observed: it is felt.
Pasticceria Tabiano – The sweet focaccia that changed Christmas
Tabiano is the place where Christmas smells of lightness.
Master baker Davide Ferri has transformed a sweet focaccia into a gesture of love: hydrated dough, 72 hours of patience, a perfect balance between technique and feeling.
The stars of 2025:
• Olive Oil and Lemon Focaccia – lactose-free, vibrant with Mediterranean aromas, with candied olives and slowly processed lemons.
• Classic Focaccia – soft, pure, elegant, with candied fruit selected one by one.
Each slice is an invitation to slowness, to memory, to celebration.
Pasticceria Lorenzetti – Verona, where tradition becomes a caress
For decades, the Lorenzetti family has been promoting an idea of pastry-making that is almost a way of life: respectful, cultured, and bright.
In 2025, their Christmas collection tells the story of Verona with desserts that speak of history, research, and lightness.
- Panettone Classico – iconic, fragrant, award-winning. A perfect balance.
- Lactose-free Veneziana – a new product that looks to the future. A cloud enriched with homemade peach jam.
- Nadalin veronese – the dessert that preceded pandoro, created in the 13th century. An embrace of medieval Verona and its most intimate Christmas.
Since 1970, Lorenzetti has been a place of the soul. Today, with Daniele Lorenzetti, its story continues to rise.
Bonfissuto – Sicily that lights up the heart
In Canicattì, the Bonfissuto pastry shop carries on a tradition that smells of candied fruit, sunshine, and passion.
The 2025 line is a tribute to master Vincenzo Bonfissuto, his vision, and his legacy.
- Panettone Vinc’è – candied figs, tart strawberries, memory, and gratitude.
- Cyber Panettone – created with artist De Florio, a meeting between yeast and optical art: when cut, it becomes movement, rhythm, wonder.
More than 15 variations tell the story of a modern, young Sicily, capable of innovating while remaining true to its soul.
Vincente Delicacies – “La Santa”: Christmas dressed in Bronte DOP Green Pistachio
In Bronte, where Mount Etna grows the world’s most prized pistachios, “La Santa” was born: a panettone dedicated to Saint Agatha, a symbol of devotion and Sicilian identity.
White chocolate, chopped DOP pistachios, cream made using traditional methods.
Each piece is wrapped by hand, like a gift from afar.
And there is a Sicily that chooses beauty in everything: even in sustainability. Vincente Delicacies uses renewable energy to protect the land it loves.
Pistì – The King of Coins and the luck that smells of pistachio
symbolism: colors, traditional paper, vitality.
The King of Coins becomes an icon of prosperity, accompanying a line that tells the story of a generous and luminous island.
- Special Edition Pistachio – rich, intense, elegant.
- Pistachio, Peach, and Dark Chocolate – the Mediterranean in one bite.
- Strawberry, Pistachio, and Dark Chocolate – the most daring variation, an irresistible play of contrasts.
Founded at the foot of Mount Etna 25 years ago, Pistì is the story of two men – Nino Marino and Vincenzo Longhitano – and a dream that became excellence.
Each of these leavened products is much more than a dessert: it is a piece of Italy that continues to tell its story, to evolve, to shine.
There is the hand of the masters, the patience of the workshops, the strength of the territories, but above all there is that simple gesture – sharing a slice that reminds us every Christmas of who we are.
Because the real miracle is not the perfect panettone: it is the emotion that arises when, opening a box, we become children again for a moment and the scent of Christmas mends our hearts.
