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Bonèt | Traditional Dessert From Piedmont, Italy | TasteAtlas
Bonèt | Traditional Dessert From Piedmont, Italy | TasteAtlas
Bonèt | Traditional Dessert From Piedmont, Italy | TasteAtlas
Bonèt | Traditional Dessert From Piedmont, Italy | TasteAtlas

Bonèt

(Bunèt)

Bonèt is a traditional dessert that can be traced back to the 13th century. Rich, creamy, and soft, the dessert consists of amaretti cookies or hazelnut biscuits, eggs, cocoa powder, sugar, milk, and rum. The whole concoction is typically drizzled over with caramel before serving.


In some places, it's made with chocolate, in others with hazelnut, while, for instance, in Carru, it's made without any of those ingredients. The name of the dish means hat, referring to the original shape of this treat (round with a hole in the middle), but some say that it can also refer to the fact that bonèt is the last thing that is consumed for dinner, just like a hat is the last thing one puts on the head before leaving.