577. Torta Mantovana

Mantuan Cake

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Pellegrino Artusi

Published 1998

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Ingredients

  • 170 grams (about 6 ounces) of flour
  • 170 grams (about 6

Method

Using a wooden spoon, thoroughly beat the eggs with the sugar in a bowl. Then add the flour a little bit at a time, continuing to stir. Lastly, add the butter, which you have melted over a bain-marie. Put the mixture in a baking pan greased with butter and dusted with confectioners’ sugar mixed with flour or bread crumbs. Garnish with the almonds and pine nuts.

Cut the pine nuts