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colombine

dove shaped Easter pastries or mushrooms

Light, feathery, made with yeast, eggs, milk, sugar and butter, and covered with a glaze and powdered sugar, colombine are speciality of Carnia, in northeastern Friuli.

Young russula mushroom

Colombine is also the word for russula mushrooms. Colombine maggiori is a russula cyanoxantha; the French call it a charbonnière (charcoal burner). Dull grey cap, pink underneath.

Desserts and pastries

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Mushrooms & Truffles

Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

Images by dulcisinfurno, onnola