Torte de La Nona (sp) ie Grandmother Cake
I need, I repeat, I NEED to make this. Does anyone have a fool proof recipe for it. I haven't had this in years and I am having a hard time finding an Italian restaruant that makes it.
Major Craving alert! Thank you to who ever comes to my rescue.
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8 Comments:
This is a ricotta tart with pate sucree. I call it ricotta cheese pie.
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/recipes/1999/03/31/torta-della-nonna/
I don't have a set recipe. I make this at easter time.
JerzeeTomato at 3:30PM on 09/02/08
don't know how traditional this might be... but mario batali has a recipe for ">torta de la nona in the food network site
MadelynRodriguez at 7:56PM on 09/02/08
The thing about tortas named for nonna is that there are many nonnas in many regions of Italy.
There is a dried fruit and shortbread tart called 'nonna' that I know of also. :) Sort of linzertorte-ish sans the nuts in the crust.
Many nonnas, many ways.
foodvox at 8:54PM on 09/02/08
Wow foodvox I did not know that. The one I want was almond sort of flavor but maybe shortbread too, creamy center, sprinkled with powdered sugar, and not too sweet and no fruit.
MissMelissa at 2:50AM on 09/03/08
Then it sounds more like what Jerzee was talking about, which is the same basic thing Madelyn mentioned but with a bit of almond extract added to the recipe. :)
It could also be a simple marzipan-based torte - I know I posted a good recipe for that recently but can't find it at the moment and can't remember what book it is in here. This recipe is similar, though. And in double-checking to see if this torte was ever called "nonna" it seems that it was, based on this discussion.
A delicious cake, that one. :)
foodvox at 11:46AM on 09/03/08
The links in my last post didn't come through so I'll try again: where it reads "this recipe" here is the link: marzipan torte and where it reads "based on this discussion here is the link: discussion of torta della nonna.
foodvox at 12:43PM on 09/03/08
This version of Torta De La Nona looks incredible. I will warn you that I have never been barraged by so many popups as when I visited the site where I found this recipe. I felt like I was in a videogame shooting down alien ships!
therealchiffonade at 1:53PM on 09/03/08
As mentioned all depends what Nonna!
I live in Florence Italy and here it is made with the classic pasta frolla, and filled with a basic pastry cream, important the great eggs!!!
and topped with almonds and baked.
no almond extract, no vanilla, no marzipan
divinacucina at 6:23PM on 09/03/08