583. Torta Svizzera

Swiss Cake

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Pellegrino Artusi

Published 1998

  • About

Whether or not this cake really comes from Switzerland, that’s what I’m calling it. You’ll see that it’s not bad.

Make a dough of the proper consistency, using the following ingredients:

Ingredients

  • 300 grams (about 10-½ ounces) of flour
  • 100 grams (about 3-½

Method

Take a medium-sized baking pan, grease it with butter, and cover the bottom with a layer of dough as thick as two five-lire coins. Use the rest of the dough to make an edge all around, and place in the middle 500 grams of reinette apples or any other tender apples, peeled and cut into sections the size of walnuts. Sprinkle 100 grams (about 3-½ ounces) of sugar mixed with two pinches of c