Pastry and Sweets
Pudding of Hazelnuts
(Budino di nocciuole) Shell half a pound of hazelnuts in warm water and dry them well at the sun or on the fire, then grind them very fine…
Crisp Biscuits
(Biscotti croccanti) One pound of flour. Half a pound granulated sugar. 1/4 lb. sweet almonds, whole and shelled, mixed to a few pine-seeds.
Soft Biscuits
(Biscotti teneri) For these biscuits it would be necessary to have a tin box about four inches wide and a little less long than the oven…
Biscuits Sultan
(Biscotto alla sultana) Granulated sugar, six ounces. A taste of lemon peel, Two tablespoonfuls of brandy.
Margherita Cake
(Pasta Margherita) Potato meal, three ounces. Beat well the egg-yolks with the sugar, add the potato meal and the lemon juice and stir…
Mantua Tart
Sweet almonds and pine-seeds, two ounces. First work well with a ladle the eggs with the sugar, then pour the flour little by little, still…
Curly Tart
(Torta ricciolina) Sweet almonds with a few bitter ones, four ounces, Granulated sugar, six ounces, Candied fruits or angelica, 21/2…
Almond Cake
(Bocca di dama) Granulated sugar, nine ounces, Very fine Hungarian flour, five ounces, Sweet almonds with some bitter ones, two ounces, Six…
Corn Meal Cakes
(Pasta di farina gialla) Corn meal, seven and a half ounces, Wheat flour, five and a half ounces, Granulated sugar, five and a half ounces…
Biscuit (Biscotto Granulated sugar nine)
(Biscotto) Granulated sugar, nine ounces, Flour, four ounces, Potato meal, two ounces, Taste of lemon peel. Stir for at least half an hour…
Cake Madeleine
(Pasta Maddalena) Sugar, four and a half ounces, Flour, three ounces, Butter, one ounce, Egg-yolks, four, Whites of eggs, three, A pinch of…
Almond Crisp-Tart
(Croccante) Sweet almonds, four and a half ounces. Granulated sugar, three and a half ounces.
Wafer Biscuits
First dilute the flour and the sugar in the water, then add the lard. Put on the fire the iron for waffles or better an appropriated iron…
Quince Cake
(Cotognata) The ingredients are about six pounds of quinces and four pounds of granulated sugar. Put on the fire the apples covered with…
Portuguese Cake
(Focaccia alla Portoghese) Sweet almonds, five ounces. Potato meal, one and a half ounce.
Macaroons
(Amaretti) I Granulated sugar, nine ounces. Sweet almonds, three and a half ounces.
Farina Cakes
(Pasticcini di semolino) Farina, six and a half ounces. Sugar, three and a half ounces.
Rice Tart
(Torta di riso) Milk, one quart. Sugar, five and a half ounces.
Farina Tart
(Torta di semolino) Milk, one quart. Farina finely ground, four and a half ounces.
Pudding of Rice Meal
(Budino di farina di riso) Milk, one quart. Sugar, four and a half ounces.
Bread Pudding
(Budino di pane) Soft bread crumb, five ounces. Butter, three and a half ounces.
Potato Pudding
(Budino di patate) Potatoes, big and mealy, one and a half lb. Sugar, five and a half ounces.
Lemon Pudding
(Budino di limone) One big lemon. Sweet almonds with 3 bitter ones, six ounces.
Pudding of Roasted Almonds
(Budino di mandorle tostate) Milk, one quart. Sugar, three and a half ounces.
Crisp Cake in Double Boiler
(Croccante a bagno maria) Sugar, five and a half ounces. Skin the almonds and chop them in little pieces about as big as a grain of wheat…
Stuffed Peaches
(Pesche ripiene) Six big peaches not very ripe. Two ounces sweet almonds with three peach kernels.
Milk Gnocchi
(Gnocchi di latte) One quart of milk. Mix everything together as you would do for a cream and put on the fire in a saucepan, continually…