DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Certosino Bolognese
Also known as: Certosino, Pan speziale
Certosino Bolognese is a dense baked Christmas cake from Bologna made with flour, sweeteners, nuts, candied fruit, chocolate, cocoa, and aromatic spices.

About Certosino Bolognese
Certosino Bolognese is a dense baked Christmas cake from Bologna made with flour, sweeteners, nuts, candied fruit, chocolate, cocoa, and aromatic spices.
Ingredients in Certosino Bolognese
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- Wheat flourbase
- Sugarsweetener
- Honeysweetener
- Whole Almondfilling
- Pine Nutfilling
- Candied Fruitfilling
- Dark Chocolateother
- Cocoa powderother
- Mixed baking spicesseasoning
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