Cesare Agostini , co-owner of Ottawa’s Farinella eateries, stops himself short before he can cuss about one of favourite pastries.

“They’re really the most pain-in-the …” he says, before pausing.

“They’re the most temperamental thing that we make,” continues Agostini, whose group of casual eateries is renowned in Ottawa’s Little Italy and beyond for its Roman-style pizzas , impeccable gelato and more.

Chef Cesare Agostini of Farinella shared his thoughts on the delightfully finicky — yet incredibly delicious — bomboloni, with the Nutella-filled variety being his personal favourite. Above are pistachio cream-filed bomboloni topped with chocolate shavings. Photo by Ashley Fraser / Postmedia

Agostini is expounding about Farinella’s bomboloni — filled doughnuts made from a soft, lea

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