Cuneo is the city of chocolate. The most known chocolate from Piemonte after Giandujotto is the Cuneese al Rhum: soft chocolate and rhum cream between two layers of meringue, then everything is covered by a layer of dark chocolate. Cuneesi were born by chance: according to the legend, at the beginning of the XX Century, a pastry chef in the village of Dronero prepared a dessert made with chocolate and rum cream. The cream was so much so he used it to fill some meringues. After some hours, meringues were completely soaked in rhum, so he covered it all with […]