miascia
This is an other ‘poormans' cake.  It is also known as ‘Meascia' or "turta of paisan".  In this recipe bread is used but some recipes will call for a dough of yellow and white flour.  In days past it was eaten as a main meal to give a one a lot of energy.
 
Season: autumn/winter/spring
Difficulty: åå
Preparation Time: about 15 minutes
 
Ingredients per 6 people:
500 gr. Stale bread
2 eggs
3 amoretti (almond biscuits)
½ liter. milk
50 gr. grapes
1 glass of amaretto liquor
75 gr. sugar
50 gr. Bitter chocolate broken into pieces
1 tablespoon of white flour
1 apple
1 pear
20 gr. Pine nuts
30 gr. Butter
 
Method:
Slice the bread and place in a tureen dish with the milk and leave for approximately 2 hours.
Then squash the bread into the milk with a spoon.  Add the eggs. Then the grapes that have been soaked in tepid water, the sliced apple, sliced pear, the pine nuts, sugar, liqueur and the macaroons broken into pieces.
Combine the mixture well and pour into a greased and floured cake tin.  Sprinkle with sugar and the grated chocolate then garnish with pieces of butter.
Bake in a pre-heated oven of 200°C for 15' then lower the temperature to 150°C and cook for a further 15'.
Best served warm with a sweet dessert wine.