UgettiThe Pasticceria Ugetti has been a must stop-off for the sweet-toothed of Susa and the Upper Susa Valley since the 1950s, and under the porticoes in Via Medail gourmands, literally from all over the worldm congregate to enjoy the best this craft bakery has to offer. In summer customers queue up for the hot krapfen (German doughnuts filled with jam or confectioner’s custard or gianduja cream spread) served fresh from the oven in the afternoons, and the ice cream counter also does a roaring trade thanks to a range of products characterised by the quality of their exclusively natural ingredients. Moving on to dry pasties and biscuits, be sure to sample the brutti e buoni (“ugly but good”, irregularly shaped hazelnut cookies) and rock buns, which come in different flavours, from strawberry to redcurrant, from coffee to caramel. Then there are the cakes (coconut and mango or chocolate and lychee), profiteroles, jam tarts, petite patisserie, and delicious breakfast croissants. Not to missed during the festivities, are the classic yeasted cakes such as panettone and, for special occasions, the savoury specialities (from vol au vents with lardo and rhododendron honey to semi-sweet rolls filled with gorgonzola and PDO Bronte pistachios).
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