tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743326327226186933.post9174406150448037742..comments2023-07-03T06:37:55.407-07:00Comments on Italy Retreat: Pita Piata, Pit’Impiglianta, Italian dessertLenora Boylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10364683772787592055noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743326327226186933.post-43644430303342833602011-12-19T21:10:39.895-08:002011-12-19T21:10:39.895-08:00Hi Lorrie from Walla Walla (great name), Washingto...Hi Lorrie from Walla Walla (great name), Washington. Thanks for your recipe and description of your nonna's pita piata. Did she call it pita piata? We'll remember to add the cinnamon. Thanks for sharing! It's so great to keep these traditional recipes going.Lenora Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10364683772787592055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743326327226186933.post-6187491599268428832011-12-18T10:22:07.163-08:002011-12-18T10:22:07.163-08:00Earlier, I posted a comment about my mother's ...Earlier, I posted a comment about my mother's modified recipe for "pita piata" and I omitted sprinkling cinnamon on the dough. Lorrie from WWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743326327226186933.post-61538753442247174202011-12-18T10:12:01.865-08:002011-12-18T10:12:01.865-08:00My nonna ( an emigrant from Sellia Marina, Catanza...My nonna ( an emigrant from Sellia Marina, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy) used the recipe similar,lining the pan with dough, soaking the nuts too, & adding wine to the dough, and making lattice strips with a curly cutting cookie wheel( I have the original brought from Italy) & placing the spiral filled dough in the dough lined pans. However, my mother modified the recipe. No wine to the dough, but 1 cup of OJ, 1 cup of milk & 1 1/2cups of oil, 6 tsps baking powder, 6 eggs & 8 - 9 cups of flour. She rolled out the dough ( we had no pasta machine), sprinkled nuts, raisins & candied fruit ( optional) onto the rolled dough, rolled up the dough as in making cinnamon rolls, then slicing the rolls into 1 inch wide pieces, & placing in oil lined pans. When baking is complete, pour honey all over pita, let sit for 2 minutes, drain back into the hot honey pan ( We use double boiler), do this proceduce 3 times ending with the draining. Cool completely, & store in double wrap foil in freezer for months. Can be taken out of the freezer & sliced frozen! Sounds like lots of work? It is, but well worth it. We sell these @ our Walla Walla Italian Festa in October for $25.00; there are about 19 to 21 pieces in an 8 inch cake pan. Lorrie of Walla Walla/College PlaceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743326327226186933.post-49707877755808006512011-12-13T19:05:06.014-08:002011-12-13T19:05:06.014-08:00I just received an email from Rosalie who wrote: ...I just received an email from Rosalie who wrote: "I saw your recipe online for the Calabrese Christmas Cake, I was surprised that you make individual ones. My husbands family makes these but they do it different, instead they line a 8 inch cake pan with thinly rolled dough, then they get another large piece of thinly rolled dough and put in the filling, then cut 1 1/4 inch spirels and set them in the pan and brush them with honey, and bake them, for about an hour and a half on 300 degrees, every half hour you take the cake out and brush it with a little more honey. Everyone in my husband's family that used to make this is gone or they're 95 so it falls on me the Sicilian!!<br />I have attached a picture to this message."<br />Sincerely,<br />Rosalie<br /><br />Note from Lenora: I will add Rosalie's photo into the blog post.Lenora Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10364683772787592055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743326327226186933.post-74197931555471774842011-09-22T12:49:48.233-07:002011-09-22T12:49:48.233-07:00It does not need to be stored for a year, but I mu...It does not need to be stored for a year, but I must say it stays fresh in the freezer for a very long time. Freeze it, then take it out, and it tastes fresh. Maybe the flavors get tastier with age!Lenora Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10364683772787592055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4743326327226186933.post-61556759125428296352011-09-22T09:57:11.282-07:002011-09-22T09:57:11.282-07:00My neighbor tells the story of her mother-in-law, ...My neighbor tells the story of her mother-in-law, an excellent cook, making this but not allowing anyone to eat it for at least a year. She kept the Pita stored in the frig. <br /><br />Anyone else heard this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com