Spumoni

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This article is about the ice cream. For the typeface, see Spumoni (typeface).
A bowl of spumoni
A bowl of spumoni
Spumoni salentini
Spumoni salentini

Spumoni, or spumone, is a molded Italian ice cream made with layers of different colors and flavors, usually containing candied fruits and nuts. Typically it is of three flavors, with a fruit/nut layer between them. The ice cream layers are often mixed with whipped cream. Chocolate and pistachio are the typical flavors of the ice cream layers, and the fruit/nut layer often contains cherry bits. The flavors usually consist of cherry, chocolate or coco bean, and pistachio in the colors pink/red brown and green .

This dish comes from Naples, and the three-flavored Neapolitan ice cream evolved from it.[1] Spumoni is virtually unknown in Italy today, but it is popular in places with large Italian immigrant populations such as the United States and Argentina. August 21 is National Spumoni Day in the United States. [2]


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  1. ^ Sicilian Food and Wine - Best of Sicily. Wines of Sicily, Sicilian Cheese. Sicilian wines and Sicilian olive oil described. Sicily cooking tours, Sicilian culinary history, wine tours
  2. ^ National Days
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