Nona's cake
A dessert that I can often order when I go to Italy ...
Preparation steps
- Whisk the butter with the sugar with an electric mixer, other utensils you use or by hand. With constant stirring, add the egg yolks one by one, then the flour and vanilla sugar and mix everything well, wrap in transparent foil and put in the refrigerator for approx. 2 hours.
- For the cream: egg yolks, sugar and vanilla. mix the sugar until a frothy mixture is obtained. Add the flour gradually, stirring constantly. Bring the milk to a boil. When it boils, pour in the egg yolk mixture, stirring constantly. cook until the cream thickens. Put the cream to cool.
- Preheat the oven to 190 C. Roll out the dough to 4-5 mm. Coat the mold with butter and sprinkle with flour. Put a part of the dough on the bottom and on the walls of the mold, prick a little with a fork. Put the cooled cream inside, covered with the rest of the dough. Coat the dough with a brush and water and arrange the pine nuts. Bake for about 30 minutes at 190 C. When done, allow to cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
