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Shy, Titti Traina doesn't love the spotlight but this doesn't make her less audacious, when it's time to take a challenge and to create with lightness and grace, with power and joy, in her pastry shop. Titti was born in Vittoria, near Ragusa (Sicily), but her future was elsewhere: her training began with a strict education at ALMA, and right after that she arrived at the court of chef Marco Sacco, at Piccolo Lago in Mergozzo, Piedmont: she refined her technique, and put into beautiful practice what she had learnt, with lots of passion for local ingredients. This is what Titti found in the kitchen of Sacco, on top of Paolo Griffa: and this is the beginning of their work and life together, a luminous and constant leitmotiv. No longer in Mergozzo, but in Courmayeur at Grand Hotel Royal, which hosts Petit Royal, a creature that perfectly fits the dreams of Paolo and Titti. Of the roaring cuisine, she now is in charge of the pastry making: always surprising, scenic, but most of all delicious and well-balanced. A play of flavours and colours, of playful lightness served at the table, and later as well, because we can enjoy Titti's delicious and soft pastries for breakfast too. A triumph of butter, beautiful aromas and love.
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This article is curated by Identità Golose, the publication that organises the international fine dining congress, publishes website www.identitagolose.com and the online Guida Identità Golose, on top of curating many other events in Italy and abroad
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Dossier Dessert is a classic of Identità Milano (all photos from Brambilla / Serrani)
Vegetable tajine, sauce of lassi with cumin and mint, lemon and cinnamon couscous: this is perhaps the dish that most stood out a few weeks ago at Petit Royal in Courmayeur. And it depicts the constant growth of Paolo Griffa. The recipe is dedicated to artist Yulia Brodskaya and is part of the menu dedicated to art, in this case, paper art. (Photos from Tanio Liotta)