Torta della Nonna

Name: Torta della Nonna
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 sheet shortcrust pastry; 3 cups milk; 5 egg yolks; 1/2 cup pine nuts

Torta della Nonna/TOR-tah DEL-lah NON-nah/

Also known as: Grandmother's Cake

About this dish

A custard-filled shortcrust tart topped with pine nuts and powdered sugar, an Italian family classic.

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Ingredients

🥐1 sheet shortcrust pastry

🥛3 cups milk

🥚5 egg yolks

🌰1/2 cup pine nuts

Method

Serves 2

Make a pastry cream by whisking egg yolks, sugar, and flour, then tempering with hot milk.

Line a tart pan with shortcrust pastry.

Fill with the cooled pastry cream.

Cover with a second layer of pastry and scatter pine nuts on top.

Bake at 180°C (350°F) until golden, then dust with powdered sugar.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Torta della nonna, meaning 'grandmother's cake,' is a traditional Italian custard tart popular across the country.

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