Got some lingering doubts about your date? Whisk that would-be sweetie off to Bricco for the best compatibility test around: bread pudding. While traditional versions tend to be heavy, cloying anaphrodisiacs, the signature dessert at this North End hot spot is almost omelet-fluffy; eggy but not yolky, it tastes more of sheer luxuriance than of mere sweetness. Now, with the recent arrival of pastry-chef-about-town Lee Napoli, the treat has been tarted up a bit. Laced with rum and studded with raisins, it’s further fringed with intense maple cream and chocolate sauce. As you swoon with every bite, you can give any companion who doesn’t do likewise a carefree kiss goodbye.

Available for $8 at Bricco, 241 Hanover Street, in Boston. Call (617) 248-6800.