Torta paesana

Torta paesana (lit. 'village cake'), also known in English as black cake, milk cake or bread cake, is a cake of the Lombard cuisine, notably from Brianza.[1] Its main ingredients are stale bread, milk and cocoa, often enriched with biscuits, amaretti di Saronno, sugar, pine seeds, raisins, candied orange and citron and aromatized with anise.[2] As a traditional cake, without a codified recipe, it presents a great number of variants.[3] It is homemade or sold in bakeries during autumn, for city festivals[4] or religious celebrations.

Torta paesana
Alternative namesBlack cake, milk cake, bread cake, torta papina, torta paciarella, michelacc
TypeDessert
Place of originItaly
Region or stateBrianza
Main ingredientsBread, milk, cocoa, biscuits, amaretti di Saronno, sugar, pine seeds, raisins, candied orange and citron, anise
VariationsAnisette, rhum, butter, eggs

See also

References
  1. "Torta Paesana from Iris Gavazzi". 22 December 2018.
  2. "Michelasc Pie or Torta Paesana Cake".
  3. "Torta Paesana with Amaretti Cookies and Chocolate Recipe". 10 August 2020.
  4. "Concorezzo, torna la gara di torte paesane".
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