Carolina Bellocq<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leticia and Dora are chefs from Guatemala who now live in Castel Gandolfo. When Pope Leo XIV decided to spend his summer there, the town\u2019s daily life changed. And they had an idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DORA CUTZAL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Well, we live very close by. We\u2019re practically<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n neighbors, and every time he comes, we know it because the road next to our house gets closed. And that\u2019s why we came up with the idea and wanted to do this little something for him.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n First, our love for the pope moved us\u2014that\u2019s the first thing, the most important thing. And then, since we\u2019re into cooking, we thought of making something to eat for the pope. We decided to make him a lemon pie. After asking around, we got some information and found out that the pope likes to enjoy lemon pie. And that\u2019s why we decided to make it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n They found a recipe from Peru and adapted it<\/p>\n\n\n\n using local ingredients. It took several attempts, to figure out the right combination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They sent the treat to the pope through their parish priest and were told that Pope Leo XIV really enjoyed the dessert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DORA CUTZAL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n To me, that\u2019s something truly impressive, truly<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n moving to be able to create something I can give to him and show my affection for the Holy Father. We see how much he gives of himself to people, and for me, this is a lesson: to be able to serve and give what I can through my work, through what I do, and that\u2019s why this project came about, and I truly do it with great joy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Not only did the pope enjoy the dessert and express his gratitude, but he also asked them to make another one to treat a cardinal who was coming to visit him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leticia and Dora got right back to work on the pie. By then, others in town had already heard about it, and some neighbors even brought their lemons as ingredients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DORA CUTZAL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The pope thanked us in a letter for all the affection and love we\u2019ve shown him through these small gestures, and he also mentioned that we\u2019ve been part of his rest here in Castel Gandolfo. And as a token of his gratitude, he\u2019s sent us rosaries and photos of himself so we could pray for him and his intentions. I keep it because it\u2019s very important to me, knowing that the letter comes from the Pope himself.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the past, these chefs have brought the pope and the Swiss Guards a variety of ice creams and croissants as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And of course, they have made their signature pie again. Only now, instead of \u201clemon pie,\u201d it is known as the \u201cLeon Pie,\u201d after Pope Leo XIV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carolina Bellocq Leticia and Dora are chefs from Guatemala who now live in Castel Gandolfo. When Pope Leo XIV decided to spend his summer there, the town\u2019s daily life changed. And they had an idea. DORA CUTZAL Well, we live very close by. We\u2019re practically neighbors, and every time he comes, we know it because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":95179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AEx0jWrtHmo","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bleonpieeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bleonpieint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95178"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95183,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95178\/revisions\/95183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}