Nonno makes 18 cakes- Day 3!

Nonno makes 18 Pastiere!
Here is a recipe for one Pastiera:

pastry:
400g flour
200g lard,
125g sugar
4 egg yolks Mix sugar and flour, make into a pile with dip in the middle, add lard and eggs, mix well, roll into a ball and put in fridge to cool.

Grain:
200g grano cotto (cooked grain)
350g milk
rind of half a lemon
1 tbs sugar
1/ tsp vanilla essence
Cook all together in a large saucepan until thick and creamy.

Filling:
240g ricotta
120g sugar
3 egg yolks
2 whisked egg whites
1 vial of orange blossom flavouring
60g candied mixed citrus
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
splash of orange juice
Mix sugar and ricotta together until creamy, pass through seive into a bowl. Add egg yolks, then the grain mix, other ingredients and fold in egg whites last of all.

Roll out pastry, put into baking dish, add filling. Makes some strips with leftover pastry and add to the top in a lattice design. Bake at 180c for about an hour. Leave to cool, sprinke with icing sugar. It will keep for about a week.
Buona Pasqua e Buon Appetito!