Languages Faculty – Vanessa Riga

langues Bienvenue à notre fête italienne | Welcome to our languages fiesta

Year 8 Italian Fiesta

It was a wonderful start to Term 3 for the Year 8 students at OLM. Every Italian class experienced a taste of ‘La Dolce Vita’. The classroom was transformed into a cafe-style setting. Students savoured a variety of Italian dolci (sweets) such as nutella-filled doughnuts (bomboloni), chocolate and vanilla cannoli and crostoli. Students also tried the Italian beverage Chinotto, Italy’s version of Coca-Cola.

Year 8 students were exposed to the Italian identity and culture. 

The Italian Festa represented happiness and brought people together.

Bomboloni translates as ‘big bombs’ which is such a perfect name for a big round doughnut jam-packed with an irresistible filling and is often served in Italian bars for breakfast alongside a cappuccino.

Cannoli are Sicilian pastries consisting of a tube-shaped shell of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet creamy filling. 

Crostoli, made simply of eggs, flour, butter, and sugar, are perfectly crisp and delicate sheets of fried dough, dusted in powdered sugar.  

SANPELLEGRINO Chinotto, An Italian iconic drink from the 1950s, is a sparkling fruit drink with the unmistakable taste of the chinotto citrus fruit. This small citrus gets its distinctive bittersweet taste from the unique conditions of the Mediterranean land.