Italian Grandmother's Pie or Torta della Nonna Recipe

Torta della Nonna or Grandmother's pie is a great classic italian dessert, a true celebration of home-cooked Italian food. a perfect cake for Sunday lunch, simple and delicious. Give this recipe a try and let me know if you enjoy it ^_^ If you like the recipe help me to grow the channel and Subscribe to Gnam : https://bit.ly/341DSMK INGREDIENTS For the pie crust 2 eggs 450 gr all-purpose flour 160 gr sugar 200 gr Butter ( cold from fridge ) 1 lemon grated zest For the custard 750 gr Whole milk 4 egg yolks 225 gr sugar 35 gr corn starch 30 gr all-purpose flour 1 lemon zest 40 gr pine nuts powdered sugar INSTRUCTION in a food processor put 450 gr all-purpose flour and 200 gr butter form the fridge pulse until the mixture comes together On a pastry board put the mixture and make a hole in the center. Add 160 gr sugar, 1 lemon grated zest and 2 eggs work the dough until it is smooth and even. Leave it to rest in a film in the fridge for 30 minutes at least. In a pot put 4 egg yolks and 225 gr sugar. Begin to mix the ingredients and when the sugar is absorbed add also 30 gr all purpose flour and 35 gr corn starch sieved in a sieve. mix well the powders. In a small saucepan put 750 gr milk and the zest of 1 lemon cut with a vegetable peeler, taking care not to take also the bitter white part . let it heat over low heat (must touch the boiling point) remove the lemon zest and pour the milk, a little at the time, on the egg mixture mixing well Put the pot on the heat at low setting and cook stirring the custard with a whisk until it thickens ( 10 minutes normally are enough ) transfer the custard in a mixing bowl and let it cool Butter and flour a tart mold with a diameter of 26 cm Take the dough from the fridge and put it between two sheets of parchment paper to spread it more easily with a rolling pin. roll it out to form a disc of 4-5 mm thickness Take the dough and put on the tart mold let the bottom and the edges stick by pressing with your fingers and eliminate the excess of dough that you will use to make the cover shell Pierce the bottom with a fork toast 25 gr pine nuts in the oven for 5 minutes at 120° C. Pour the cold custard on the dough sprinkle pine nuts on custard Cover the pie with another disc of dough, with a rolling pin you can eliminate the excess of dough on the edges hole the surface with a fork then distributed 15 gr of pine nuts Bake in static oven preheated at 170° C. for about 50 minutes Let the pie cool then sprinkle with powdered sugar That's all! if you have liked the recipe please subscribe, let this community grow and thumbs up on the video, if you have any question feel free to ask in addition if you want to see a specific Italian recipe done ask here in the comment section!! #ITALIANCAKE #italianpie #italiandessert #custardcake