ciambella
Plural: ciambelle
Language: Italian
Description: "Breath." A ring-shaped fruit cake or a crumbly sponge cake from Emilia-Romagna with a flavour of lemon and a filling of jam (US: jelly) and often dunked in wine. Without the jam (US: jelly) it is called bensone. It may be a sort of Easter ring-shaped 'doughnut' in which eggs are hidden amongst the dough.
Pronounced: chyahm-BEHL-lah
Gender: f
Ethnicity: Italian
Most frequent country: Italy
Most frequent region: Emilia-Romagna
See places: Italian food and cuisine, Emilia-Romagna
See foods and dishes: bensone
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