A St Valentine present from
Sant'Anna Institute, Sorrento, Italy
“Olga Stinga, Director of
the Italian Department of Sant’Anna Institute shared this recipe and she would
like to announce the following special offer for Italian Classes in Sorrento
This offer
is designed especially for all the girls and women as a St. Valentine present
from us!”
If you are traveling in Italy during the months of February to April, consider an experience that tourist do not have, learn Italian! Contact Olga Singa at www.sorrentolingue.com for details and to reserve your place. tel number +039 0818075599
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| The stone building on the hill was a convent. is the home of Sant'Anna Lingue |
A special treat for Valentines Day from our Zia Melina recipe feature:
La
Pizza di Crema
"My recipe was written in a small
black notebook: the recipes’ book of my aunt Melina"
Olga share her memories and this treat that may be new to many of us.
In the past cakes were few and
not so many the opportunities to eat them.
For Valentine's Day, when we
celebrate St. Anthony in Sorrento, the feast of the patron saint of the city,
zia Melina prepared the pizza cream.
The “Pizza di crema” is the cake
that the majority of ladies and housewives were used to prapare on the
Sant’Antonino day (14th February )
Ingredients:
-For the Pastry: 400g flour OO -
200 g sugar - 200g suet or butter- 2 eggs plus one yolk
a pinch of salt - a pinch of
cream of tartar.
-For the white cream: 1/2 liter
of milk - four yolks - 80g of flour - 160g of sugar -1 grated lemon (sorrento)
and a tablespoon of limoncello.
-For the chocolate cream: 1/2
liter of milk -two yolks - 125g of sugar - 50g of cocoa - 2 heaping tablespoons
of flour -
a snifter Witch and rum -
vanilla - a tablespoon of butter.
-
Sour cherries (here
we grow them at home. I always add homemade sour
cherries)
four or five biscuits.
Preparation: mix the flour with
the butter, make a fountain in the center and put the eggs and all other ingredients, mix and let it rest
in the fridge
Prepare the two creams and cool them.
Spread a layer of pastry, place
it in the pan, crumble cookies. The cookies prevent the pastry from becoming moist.
Pour a layer of white cream
cherries and then the chocolate cream.
Cover with another layer of
pastry - Bake at 170/180 degrees for about 40 minutes.
The Italian Version
La
mia ricetta è stata estrapolata da un piccolo quaderno nero: il ricettario di
mia zia Melina.
Una
volta erano pochi i dolci che si preparavano e poche le occasioni per
mangiarli.
Per
la festa di San Valentino, quando a Sorrento si festeggia Sant’Antonino, la
festa del Santo Patrono della città, lei preparava la pizza di crema.
Ingredienti
:
-X
pasta frolla: 400 gr farina OO - 200 gr zucchero - 200gr sugna o burro- 2 uova
più un tuorlo
un
pizzico di sale - un pizzico di cremore di tartaro.
-x
la crema bianca : 1/2 litro latte - quattro tuorli - 80gr farina - 160gr
zucchero -1 limone (di sorrento)grattuggiato
un
cucchiaio di limoncello.
-x
la crema al cioccolato : 1/2 litro latte -due tuorli - 125gr zucchero - 50gr
cacao - 2 cucchiai colmi di farina -
un
bicchierino di liquore strega e rhum - vanillina -un cucchiaio di burro.
Amarene
rigorosamente fatte in casa e quattro o cinque biscotti .
Preparazione:
frollare la farina con il burro o sugna ,fare una fontana e al centro mettere
le uova e tutti gli altri
ingredienti
, impastare e fare riposare in frigo - preparare le due creme e farle
raffreddare.
Stendere
uno strato di
pasta
frolla , posizionarlo nella teglia , sbriciolare i biscotti che servono a non
fare inumidire la pasta frolla.
Versare
uno strato di crema bianca le amarene e poi la crema di cioccolata.
Coprire
il tutto con un altro strato di pasta frolla - Infornare a 170/180 gradi per
circa 40 minuti.
Prepared for the celebration of St Anthony's day, the patron saint of Sorrento, Italy
