Team Piccolo Camping
23-01-2023Delicacies of Lake Como: the Meascia
The Meascia (or Miascia), also known as "Turta di Paisan" in the Laghéé dialect, is a traditional sweet from the southernmost areas of Lake Como. This particular dessert is consumed throughout the winter, with a certain increase during the Christmas time until the end of January.
Often eaten as a poor meal, it is prepared with stale bread mixed with white or yellow flour and with fruit. There are many variations, of course: every village - or even every family - has its own more or less personalized version.
We faithfully offer you the recipe of QUI COMO.
Ingredients
500 g stale bread
500 ml whole milk
120 ml Amaretto di Saronno
15 crumbled macaroons
50 g toasted pine nuts
100 g raisins
2 eggs
70 g sugar
2 apples cut into thin slices
2 pears cut into thin slices
Lemon peel
50 grams melted butter
1 spoon 00 flour
Preparation
- Toast the pine nuts in a non-stick pan over low heat for a few minutes until golden brown. Cool and set aside.
- Cut the bread into small slices and put it to macerate in a bowl with the milk and Amaretto. Leave to rest for about 2 hours. Add more milk, in case the bread is not soaked enough. The amount of milk depends on the type of bread used. Preheat the oven to 190°C.
- Cut the apples and pears into thin slices and after 2 hours add them to the bread with the rest of the ingredients (pine nuts, crumbled amaretti biscuits, raisins, eggs, sugar, lemon peel, butter and flour). Mix all the ingredients.
- Line a cake pan with baking paper. Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 15 minutes. After this time, lower the temperature to 150°C and cook for a further 25 minutes until golden brown.
Remove from the oven and let it rest for about 15 minutes. When your cake is warm, dust with icing sugar and serve.
Enjoy your meal!
