Venchi CREMINO 1878 PACK, 1.325 kg

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In 1911 the Italian car manufacturer FIAT launched a contest for Italian chocolate makers to create a new chocolate for publicising their Fiat Tipo 4 [ it]. The contest was won by Majani, the first Italian chocolate maker established in 1796 in Bologna, who created a new cremino with 4 layers instead of 3; two layers were made with gianduja, and the other two with almond paste. [10] [6] [11] See also [ edit ] Mazzolini, Elsa (2004). L'Italia del cioccolato. Alessandra Meldolesi. Milano: Touring club italiano. p.96. ISBN 88-365-3292-6. OCLC 799634909. N.B. Just to throw in the fact that gianduja is two-parts chocolate and one-part ground hazelnuts which is lovely both as a spread and as a hard piece of chocolate. For those who know that Italy is home to the world’s biggest chocolate festival, it’s only natural to assume that the country takes its chocolate very seriously. And, although it’s true, even for our expert readers, it might come as a surprise that it’s Turin that does the most meaningful job - inventing Gianduja? Gianduiotto? Cremino? Yup, all of that happened in Turin, not too many years ago. So, we’ve decided to take you on the delicious ride to the world of Italian chocolate, and, for the fun of it, we want to start from the very last member of gourmet treats - velvety smooth cremino !

Imagine my delight when, upon moving to Italy, I actually discovered that cremino doesn’t come just in such tiny shapes!

In Vicenza, where wehave been living since August 2014, we have a chocolate festival each October. But nearby towns and cities like Soave and Castelfranco Veneto (to mention but a couple) also hold their own.

Are you a cremino devotee? Which typical Italian chocolate product you can’t resist?Share with me your thoughts and impressionsin the ‘Comments’ section below. I would love to read them and engage with you. Nowadays, Italian producers of cremino include: Caffarel, [4] Feletti [ it], [5] Majani [ it], [6] Venchi, [7] San Carlo [8] and Pernigotti. [9] FIAT [ edit ]This chocolate was created in the first half of the 19th century by Ferdinando Baratti who, with his associate Edoardo Milano in a laboratory in Turin (the future Caffè Baratti & Milano [ it]), produced liquors and sweets. However, the first documentation about cremino are from 1934. [2] [3]