Recipe

Torta Della Nonna Recipe

	Suestonebender / All my dishes 3 months, 2 weeks ago This is heaven on a plate: an exquisite lemon desert on fine pastry sprinkled with confectioners sugar. Culinary orgasm. Prep:30m Cook:40m Servings:8	Suestoneben
	decadent sinful comfort tryst

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Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 egg plus 2 yolks

1/2 cup sugar

3 tbsp sweet butter and

3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, melted together

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

2 cups fresh ricotta (sheep's milk is best)

1/2 cup pine nuts

1/2 cup sugar

1 lemon, zested and juiced

3 eggs

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

To make the pastry, make a well in the flour, and place egg, yolks, sugar, butter and olive oil mixture in the center and proceed as you would with fresh pasta (e.g., bring flour in bit by bit until the liquid in the well is thick enough to bring together with your hands). Knead until the dough is smooth, then allow to rest 10 minutes.

Make the filling by mixing together the ricotta, pine nuts, sugar, lemon zest, juice and eggs in a bowl until creamy.

To assemble, roll out the pastry to form 2 (12-inch) circles. Place one circle down to line the bottom and sides of a 9-inch pan. Spread the ricotta mixture evenly over this layer. Place the remaining circle of dough over the top and pinch together the edges. Place in the oven to bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Remove and serve warm or at room temperature with your favourite liquid poison. Cheers!

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Comments

baron_grayson 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
You know....~laughs~....if you make my chocolate chip cookie recipe, I'll make this. Fair is fair.

lol and I gave you a new tag for this recipe..lol Guess which.

suestonebender 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Hey, and I even have your mum's chocolate chip cookie recipe again so I can make it! ~laughs~ (are you going to post it baby, or will she kill you? ~grins~)

Good lord .. I'm afraid to look at the tag cloud ... Tryst is it? Shame on me ...

suestonebender 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Orgasmmmmmm as a new tag, huh? I especially like the mmmmm part ... ~laughs~

I should have known.

baron_grayson 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
I'll post it...she won't kill me. She loves me and wants to feed the hungry gen-Xers of the world...because we are all in need of a good cookie.

pascale 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
I must eat this, NOW.

suestonebender 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Is that what we're in need of? ~grins~

Well then, thank your mum and share! (Your mum is a very smart lady.)

suestonebender 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Btw ... since you tagged it as a flavour, exactly what flavour is an orgasm?

Emm ... nevermind.

suestonebender 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
@pascale ... this is my "if you were stranded on a des(s)ert (a)isle and could only have one thing ..." food choice. Decadent, decadent, decadent.

baron_grayson 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
@ Sue - The flavour of an orgasMmmm is your cooking of course.

suestonebender 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Ooo ... clever boy ~grins~

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