Cuneesi and Master pastry chefs

Under the delightful porticos of the city of Cuneo, as well as in Mondovì, Dronero and in every village you pass through in the vast province, you will be met by delicious aromas wafting out of the laboratories that handcraft the sweets and pastries that make the art of Piedmontese pastry-making famous throughout the world.

Cuneesi are this city’s typical sweets and those made to the original recipe by the Arione pastry shop in Piazza Galimberti are famous: their crunchy chocolate shell hides a meringue and a creamy filling that comes in different flavours. The most traditional one is rum. But even in the province there is no lack of flavours: if there is something Cuneo is famous for, it is chestnuts and marron glacés, as well as nougat, delicacies that melt in your mouth, perhaps between one bike ride and another.