Torta di nocciole - Piemonte Feel

Torta di nocciole

 

Hazelnut cake

Ingredients
2 hg of Piedmont IGP hazelnuts– 2 hg of sugar– 2 fresh eggs– 35 gr of butter

Preparation
Use the butter at room temperature and mix with the sugar; incorporate the egg yolks, finely chopped hazelnuts and the stiffly beaten whites. Pour the batter into a cake pan and bake for about 40 minutes at 180°.Variations to the recipe, according to other traditions, call for small additions of flour, baking powder, rum and cocoa; all other ingredients and additives are excluded.

Recommended wines
Asti Moscato

 




Places

Villa Scott

The little manor house, one of the most important examples of Torino Liberty architecture, is linked to the name of Dario Argento who set his film, “Profondo Rosso” (“Deep Red”) here – perhaps his most emotional film and the one with the strongest visual effects.

Biblioteca Reale di Torino

The Biblioteca Reale (Royal Library) houses important collections of manuscripts, illuminated manuscripts, and engravings. Besides its 2,000 drawings, it has several drawings by Leonard Da Vinci, among which are: the Self-Portrait, the Volto dell’Angelo (the Angel’s Face), the preliminary drawing for the Vergine delle Rocce (Virgin of the Rocks), and the Codice sul Volo (Codex on the Flight of Birds).

Castello di Aglič

This sumptuous home was built, beginning in 1646 following a design by Amedeo di Castellamonte, by Filippo d’Aglie, statesman, literary man, choreographer, and adviser to Madama Reale, on the ruins of an ancient fortress.


People

Giorgio Faletti

Giorgio Faletti

"Until I reached a certain age, I thought that people from Asti were called abstemious and so when anyone asked where I was from, I calmly answered: “Abstemious’."

Carolina Kostner

"The people of Piemonte are rather similar to the people of Alto Adige. That’s probably because the mountains are two steps away…but, in Torino, which is a big city, there isn’t the same atmosphere as there is in my part of the country. Here, there’s everything. Discovering its most interesting sides will be a true pleasure…"

Piero Chiambretti

"The free time I have, I spend in Torino. It’s the place where I grew as a human and professionally. My years of study and cabaret, those of fleeing and returning a winner, those of my haunts. Torino is my life."