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cestino

little basket

Strawberries, raspberries, kiwi. Shop in Pavia.

Dishes, often desserts and appetizers or pastries, that resemble little baskets. Plural cestini. Also see barchette.

In Piedmont, a sweet Easter bread with a hard boiled egg in the centre is called cavegneu adl’oeuv—'egg in a basket.'

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