Emiko Davies revisits Italian sweets in recipe book Torta della Nonna

By Emiko Davies
April 27 2021 - 12:00am
Torta di pera e cioccolato - pear and chocolate cake. Picture: Supplied
Torta di pera e cioccolato - pear and chocolate cake. Picture: Supplied

Making sweets was my first foray into cooking independently in the kitchen, and as a teenager I could often be found baking my way through my mother's cookbooks, in particular an American pie cookbook - I have always had a thing for pastry. You will see a bias towards it in Torta della Nonna too, from southern Italian custard and jam bocconotti to ricotta-filled crostata and Florence's little rice pudding pastries, budini di riso.

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