Colomba Pasquale

Colomba Pasquale ("Easter Dove" in English) is an Easter counterpart of the two well known Italian Christmas desserts, Panettone and Pandoro.
The dough for the Colomba is made in a similar manner, with flour, eggs, sugar, natural yeast and butter, but usually only contains candied peel and no raisins (unlike panettone).
It is then fashioned into a dove shape (colomba in Italian) and finally is topped with pearl sugar and almonds before being baked.
==See also==
*Easter bread
Category:Easter food