(17 Feb 2026)
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Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy – 17 February 2026
1. Various of apple fritters being made
2. Tight of fritters
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3. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Massimo Alverà, head pastry chef:
“The characteristic of this dessert is that it must be eaten as soon as it is made. It’s fried, so it must retain the crispiness of both the batter around it and the apple inside.”
4. Mid of people entering pastry shop
5. Close up of apple fritters on display
6. Mid of customers enjoying apple fritters
7. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Lorena Sottsass, mother of Italian curling athlete Marta Lo Deserto:
“Delicious. Delicious. Go Italy!”
8. Wide of pastry shop
9. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Alessandro Lo Deserto, father of Italian curling athlete Marta Lo Deserto:
“They are truly exceptional. It’s the first time I’ve eaten them here, but here we are on the safe side, because they are the best in Cortina.”
10. Various of tourists and locals walking in Cortina d’Ampezzo
STORYLINE:
Olympic fans filling the street of Cortina d’Ampezzo were getting a sweet treat Tuesday: apple fritters.
Unlike other Italian pastries that appear year-round in bakery windows, apple fritters in Cortina are tied to the last day of Carnival, Shrove Tuesday, when people consume fatty food before starting Lent.
“The characteristic of this dessert is that it must be eaten as soon as it is made,” pastry chef Massimo Alverà told the Associated Press.
“It’s fried, so it must retain the crispiness of both the batter around it and the apple inside.”
Apple fritters need to be freshly made – and eaten quickly – because as it cools, the crackling exterior starts to soften.
Apple rings are dipped in a traditional batter, which includes extra virgin olive oil and some beer, and fried in peanut oil, producing a crisp shell that seals in the fruit’s softness and creates a balance between the two textures.
That means the pastry shop is not preparing huge batches in advance, but cooking the fritters as the shop begins to run out.
AP video shot by: Pietro De Cristofaro
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1 Comment
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