Potato Cake
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- 700 g large floury potatoes
- 150 g sugar
- 70 g sweet almonds
- 5 eggs
- 30 g butter
- 1 pinch salt
- lemon zest
Instructions
- Boil (better, steam) the potatoes, peel, and sieve them while hot.
- Pound the almonds fine with the sugar, then blend into the potatoes with the remaining ingredients, working the mixture a full hour, adding eggs one at a time and the melted butter.
- Pour into a tin greased with lard or butter and dusted with breadcrumbs, bake, and serve cold.