Strawberry Pie: Torta di Fragole

Name: Strawberry Pie: Torta di Fragole
Cook time: 50 minutes, plus 15 minutes rest time
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: Fresh strawberries: 2 pounds; cleaned and sliced Granulated sugar: 8 tablespoons; separated Dessert wine: such as Marsala 1/4 cup Lemon: zest of 1 Eggs: 6 large Heavy cream: 1/2 cup Ground cinnamon: 1/2 teaspoon Savoiardi ladyfingers: 8 Pie crust 1; 10-inch: homemade or store-bought

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Francine Segan | Fri, 04/22/2022 - 03:28

Photo courtesy of Francine Segan

Difficulty Level

Low

Cooking Time

50 minutes, plus 15 minutes rest time

Cost

Low

Unlike most American fruit pies, this specialty of Italy is best served icy cold so it makes a fabulous warm-weather dessert, perfect for strawberry season. The sliced strawberries are flavored with a splash of dessert wine and then mixed with a combination of cream and eggs to make a custardy filling. The filling cleverly adds savoiardi, a specialty cookie of Piedmont, which wonderfully absorbs the juices as it bakes.

It’s much better the next day, so make it in adv

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