789. Crosta e Modo di Crostare

Glaze and Glazing Technique

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Pellegrino Artusi

Published 1998

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I take the liberty to translate in this way the two gallicisms commonly used in Italian, namely, “glassa” and “glassare,” leaving to others the task to find more technical and appropriate Italian terms. I am talking about that white, black or otherwise colored glaze used on several of the cakes described in the preceding pages, such as the