Nona's (Grandmother's) Pie

A little break from Balkan travelling... This is an old Italian recipe; grandmas used to bake it in metal plates (remember those?). Still very popular in Italy!

Ingredients:
Dough-
1/2 cup butter (125g)
2/3 cup sugar (125g)
2 eggs
1  2/3 cup flour (250g), sifted
1 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
Vanilla cream-
2 cups milk (1/2 L )
5 egg yolks
3/4 cup sugar (150g)
1/3 cup flour (50g)
vanilla essence
For decoration-
icing sugar, sage flowers or slivered almonds

Method:
First make cream-

Mix egg yolks and sugar with flour (add a bit of milk if necessary). Bring the rest of milk to boil. Take away from heat and pour prepared mixture. Mix well, return to slow heat and cook until thick and creamy. Add vanilla, mix well and let it cool slightly.

Preheat oven to 180*C; prepare a plate / pie dish.

Dough-
Cream eggs and sugar, then beat in the eggs. Add flour and baking powder; mix well. Divide dough in 2 and roll 2 circles. Place one on greased plate (pie dish) and cover with vanilla cream, piling it slightly higher in the middle. Cover with other dough circle, press edges together and bake for 35-40 minutes. When cooked sprinkle with icing sugar and decorate to your liking.

Nonina pita (pita jedne Italijanske bake)

Mali predah od putovanja kroz Balkan...Ovo je jedan stari Italijanski recept; Bake su ga nekada pekle u onim metalnim / emajliranim tanjirima (sjecate se tih?). Jos uvijek veoma popularan desert u Italiji!

Potrebno:
Tijesto-
125 gr maslaca
125 gr secera
2 jaja
250 gr brasna
1 k praska za pecivo
malo soli
Vanila krem-
1/2 L mlijeka
5 zumanaca
150 gr secera
50 gr brasna
aroma / secer / esencija vanile
Za dekoraciju-
secer u prahu, cvjetovi kadulje / zalfije ili sjeckani oguljeni bademi

Nacin:
Najprije napravite kremu-
Izmiksajte zumanca sa secerom i brasnom; dodajte malo mlijeka ako je potrebno. Ostatak mlijeka stavite da provri. Smaknite sa vatre pa umijesajte pripremljenu mjesavinu. Lagano kuhajte, mijesajuci dok sa ne zgusne. Dodajte vanilu, promijesajte i ostavite hladiti.
Ukljucite rernu na 180*C, pripremite tanjir / kalup za pecenje.
Tijesto-
Miksajte maslac sa secerom, zatim dodajte jaja. Umijesajte brasno i prasak za pecivo. Podijelite tijesto na 2 dijela. Razvucite u krugove. Stavite jedan krug na namascen pleh. Prekrijte ga sa kremom, ostavljajuci na sredini nesto vecu hrpu, a krajeve slobodne. Postavite drugi krug tijesta i pritisnite krajeve prstima. 
Pecite oko 35-40 minuta. Kada je gotova, pitu pospite secerom u prahu i ukrasite cim zelite.