Torta della nonna (Italian custard tart)
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55 min
This is a traditional Italian custard and pine nut tart from Tuscany that has been passed down the generations in my family!
Sabrina
1 person made this
Ingredients
Serves: 8
- Custard filling
- 3 egg yolks
- 100g caster sugar
- 50g flour
- seeds from 1 vanilla bean
- 500ml milk
- Pastry
- 300g plain flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 100g caster sugar
- ½ lemon, zested
- pinch of salt
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 150g butter, softened
- Garnish
- 2 tablespoons pine nuts
- icing sugar, to dust
Method
Prep:30min ›
Cook:25min ›
Ready in:55min
- Whisk egg yolks, caster sugar and flour together until well combined. Add vanilla seeds and milk; stir continuously over low heat until thickened. Set filling aside to cool down, stirring it every so often to prevent a skin forming on top.
- Preheat oven to 200 C / Gas 6. Lightly grease and flour a tart tin with a removable base.
- Combine flour, baking powder, sugar, lemon zest and salt; mix in egg, milk and softened butter to form a soft pastry dough. Roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface; line base and sides of prepared tart tin, reserving the remaining pastry.
- Pour cooled filling on top of pastry base. Roll out remaining pastry to form a thin layer; set on top of filling and crimp edges to seal. Sprinkle pine nuts on top; bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes.
- Cool tart in tin; remove base and place on a plate, then dust with icing sugar.
