Torta della Nonna
'Grandmother's cake': a lemony custard tart topped with pine nuts and icing sugar.
- Prep
- 30 min
- Cook
- 45 min
- Serves
- 10
- Level
- Medium
This Tuscan dessert is a pastry case filled with thick vanilla custard. The pine nuts toast as it bakes.
Make the custard ahead so it has time to cool.
Torta della Nonna
1 hr 15 min total · approx. 420 kcal per serving
Ingredients
Servings
Method
- Heat the milk and zest. Whisk the yolks, sugar and cornflour, then pour in the hot milk.
- Return to the pan and whisk until thick. Cover and cool.
- Heat the oven to 180°C / 160°C fan. Line a 23cm tin with two-thirds of the pastry.
- Fill with custard, cover with the rest of the pastry and seal.
- Scatter with pine nuts and bake for 40–45 minutes. Cool and dust with icing sugar.
Cook's noteChill leftovers and eat within 2 days.
Calories are an estimate per serving. Diet tags are a guide only: always check ingredient labels for allergens, and see our food safety note.
