It’s not easy to get flashbulbs popping when George Clooney lives on the other side of the lake. Charming little Lecco, on the coast of lake Como, hadn’t been much in the spotlight these days, until they made news in Italy’s most newsworthy fashion…food.
Three pastry chefs recently teamed up to create an official town dessert, la Torta Resegone. They closed their eyes and tried to taste childhood. They channeled their grandmothers, great grandmothers even, and harked back to the days before butter and carbs were criminal. The result was a semola and buvkwheat flour base with a cookie crust consistency, a layer of wild blueberry glaze, and a cakey, blueberry-muffin-esque top layer with a dark, rustic quality that is decidedly fresh, yet somehow not of this century.
The finishing touch was a dusting of powdered sugar in the shape the looming Mount Resegone, the city’s signature backdrop.
The city council gave them a certificate, and they made the local papers region-wide!
This may not seem like much, but in a country where two-house towns seem to boast a local specialty, the Lecco cake was a long overdue accomplishment.
Stop in and try one next time you’re in the area. Trains leave from Milan every hour, and the ride is gorgeous. The shop is only five minutes from the station, which leaves plenty of time for Clooney-sighting later on in the day.
Paolo il Pasticcere – Via Bovara, 26. Lecco
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you can find resegone cake also in Pasticceria Trinacria, via don Minzoni3 Lecco and in La Pastizzeria via veneto Perego (LC) and in Paolo il pasticcere, via Bovara Lecco
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