Zuppa alle Fragole

This pudding, layered in a bowl like Zuppa Inglese, was inspired by a delicious little tart filled with ricotta cream and covered with wild strawberries from the Pasticceria Spinelli, in Catania. This version, which combines syrup and pan di spagna, concentrates the flavors so well that the substitution of cultivated strawberries for wild ones is less noticeable.

Like all zuppe, this dessert has the virtue of total advance prep