Pasticceria (pass-tee-chay-ree-ah), my favorite Italian word. It's a pastry shop, a bakery. And here in Cortina d'Ampezzo, our current stop, there are a bunch of them. Pasticceria's are as common here in Cortina as Starbuck's are in any given town in the U.S.
Now the trouble is trying them all out before we have to take off, or before we run out of Euro's.
The best we've found, by far, both in terms of quality and price, was at a small German version of the pasticceria, which I think they called a "bakerai" in the small town of Prato allo Stelvio that we found while driving from Bromio to Cortina. Their strudel was chock full o' apples, flaky crust, excellent spices. And only 1.50 euros (about $1.75). I shoulda had two.
The leading contenders here in Cortina are shown in the photo. On the left, from Santuz, a small pasticceria a block up the pedestrian shopping area. On the right from Alvera, right outside our hotel's front door. The cost can't be beat, both pasticceria's sell by weight and both of these pieces came in at under 1.80 euros. A bargain considering others are charging 4.00 euros for inferior versions. I accidentally paid 3.50 for a strudel today because I forgot to ask "how much" prior to purchasing. We were just finishing a ride and I was famished.
I've tried the Santuz strudel, yesterday. It was our first purchase here in Cortina. It is excellent. I haven't tried the Alvera strudel yet, but judging by its girth it may prove to be superior to Santuz--I'll update later! ;-)
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