Authentic home cooking from Italy, with US measurements.

Originally published on Cookpad Italy as Maccheroni dolci con le noci

Sweet Maccheroni with Walnuts

Name: Sweet Maccheroni with Walnuts
Total time: 1800 s
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8.8 oz maccheroni (250 grams); 1/2 cup sugar (100 grams); 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts (150 grams); 1/4 cup Alchermes liqueur (60 ml); 1 1/2 tablespoons sambuca (20 ml); 1 1/2 tablespoons rum (20 ml); 1 shot espresso or strong coffee (about 1/4 cup); 1 pinch cinnamon and nutmeg; Grated zest of 1 lemon; 1.75 oz finely chopped dark chocolate (50 grams); 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (25 grams); 1/2 cup plain breadcrumbs (50 grams)

Ricette Homemade di Micky @ricette_dimicky

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Sweet maccheroni with walnuts is a traditional Christmas dessert from the Umbrian region of Italy. It’s made by dressing regular pasta with sweet ingredients, giving it a bold, sweet flavor, and it’s meant to be eaten cold. You can serve it as a layered dish or press it into a kind of mold while the pasta is still very hot.
I was asked to make a dessert using pasta, so I thought I’d share this recipe—it’s not very well known, but it’s absolutely delicious.

Ricette Homemade di Micky @ricette_dimicky

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Ingredients

30 minutes

8.8 ozmaccheroni (250 grams)
1/2 cupsugar (100 grams)
1 cupcoarsely chopped walnuts (150 grams)
1/4 cupAlchermes liqueur (60 ml)
1 1/2 tablespoonssambuca (20 ml)
1 1/2 tablespoonsrum (20 ml)
1 shotespresso or strong coffee (about 1/4 cup)
1 pinchcinnamon and nutmeg
Grated zest of 1 lemon
1.75 ozfinely chopped dark chocolate (50 grams)
1/4 cupunsweetened cocoa powder (25 grams)
1/2 cupplain breadcrumbs (50 grams)

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, as you would for regular pasta.
2

In a large mixing bowl, combine the sugar, breadcrumbs, chocolate, cocoa powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon zest, coffee, and the mix of liqueurs.
3

Stir everything together with a spoon until the mixture is nice and moist.
4

Drain the pasta, reserving a little of the cooking water. Add the hot pasta to the mixture and mix well. If it seems too dry, add a bit of the reserved cooking water (I didn’t need to add any).
5

Refrigerate until completely chilled. Enjoy your dessert!
6

P.S. Be sure to cook the pasta until it’s very soft, not al dente!

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Ricette Homemade di Micky @ricette_dimicky

Published in the US on April 13, 2026 15:45

Abruzzo

Sono mamma,moglie e ho un lavoro part-time. Con la passione per la cucina e nei miei piatti c'è un mix tra tradizione campana,abruzzese e Svizzera tedesca 😀😉

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