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Modern Pastry
Boston, United States of America
Recommended by Food & Wine and 23 other food critics.
4.6
1.3k
Recommendations
"For over seven decades, this family-owned Hanover Street shop in Boston’s North End has been the place to go for authentic Italian sweets such as filled-to-order cannoli."
on Cannoli
"Boston Restaurants: Insider Picks: Modern Pastry - For over seven decades, this family-owned Hanover Street shop in Boston’s North End has been the place to go for authentic Italian sweets such as filled-to-order cannoli and eight kinds of torrone (including the famed vanilla nougat with roasted almond)."
on Torrone
"Torrone, as nougat is known in Italy, is mind-blowing stuff: chewy, packed with roasted nuts, and suffused with the flavor of honey. Modern Pastry in the North End makes it in flavors including chocolate, caramel, hazelnut, and cappuccino. When I buy a bar, I like to pretend I’ll cut it into slivers and dole them out to myself over the next few days. Never happens."
on Torrone
"With 80 years in the business, this authentic Italian bakery has a reputation for being one of the North End’s finest. Patrons form long lines to get their hands on Modern’s delicious torrone."
on Torrone
"At Modern Pastry, which has table service and a downstairs bar, you want the lobster tail. This enormous indulgence is a crunchy pastry horn piped full of Chantilly cream, a combination of whipped and yellow creams with a savory hint of ricotta. Ask for it sprinkled with powdered sugar."
on Sfogliatella
"Sfogliatella are a unique beast. Their crust is flaky and crisp, a bite rewards you with a satisfying crunch giving way to a flavorful dough, deceivingly light in texture. It is thick and rich but beautifully flavored making it rather addictive."
on Sfogliatella
"I love these crispy, lobster shell-shaped pastries. They're filled with three delicious creams. Make sure to get there early because when they run out, they are done for the day!"
on Sfogliatella
"Boston is famous for Italian pastries, but Goldman, a Massachusetts native, is drawn to a lesser-known treat: a sfogliatella, sometimes called a lobster tail. This North End bakery makes it by hand and fills it with whipped and pastry cream. It's like a puff pastry, all in one sheet. It's paper-thin and basted in butter and you want to break off each tiny, super thin leaf."
on Sfogliatella
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User comments
"At Modern they fill them fresh to order, while most restaraunts in the North End pre-fill them. It makes a huge difference - the shell stays crisp and the ricotta stays fresh."
"Whenever in Boston, I make sure to order a couple of these. A must have!"