Torta Ricciolina

Torta Ricciolina is a pastry cook’s interpretation of noodles alla bolognese. It looks like pasta, indeed it is pasta, but it is nonetheless a dessert—the most charming one, I think, Bolognese bakers have created. The noodles, cut into the thin strands known as angel hair, are put in raw. If you are making your own pasta, cut the noodles by hand because the narrow cutter on the pasta machine makes them too broad for this recipe. If you buy them ready-made, make sure they are still pl