Torta della Nonna - Italian Recipe

Torta della Nonna

🌍 Italian, Tuscany Difficulty: ●●●○○

Grandmother's tart from Tuscany — a shortcrust shell filled with pastry cream and covered with pine nuts. The pastry cream must be thick and cold before it goes into the shell, or it will soak through the base. Toast the pine nuts on top until golden.

Ingredients

• • Pastry:** 300g flour, 150g butter, 80g sugar, 2 eggs, lemon zest
  • Filling:** 500ml pastry cream, pine nuts for top

Method

1. Making — Make shortcrust pastry; rest.
2. Lining — Line tart tin; fill with pastry cream.
3. Covering — Cover with pastry lid; press edges; prick; scatter pine nuts.
4. Baking — Bake 180°C (350°F), 35 min.

Tags: **pastry:** 300g flour, **filling:** 500ml pastry cream · Source: Brittani's Almanac