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What to buy
Our dish — the plate we'd order here firstPangiallo romano
Roman Christmas cake of nuts and dried fruit
Where it comes fromRome's own
Treccani gives pangiallo as a typical Roman Christmas sweet, dense with nuts, honey and dried fruit under a yellow glaze.
Sources: Vocabolario, Treccani; Turismo Roma.
At Pasticceria Valzani
Made by hand in the family workshop with almonds, hazelnuts and raisins and little sugar, the house says, a Christmas cake to take home.
From Pasticceria Valzani's own menu and pages, as we read them in November 2026.
Also in our bag
- A slice of panpepato, the chocolate-and-honey cake, to compare
Pasticceria Valzani
Italian · Roman pastry shop · Trastevere, Rome
Via del Moro 37a/b, 00153 Roma
Trastevere's old pastry workshop, on the city's register of historic shops.
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