Pucci, Patti’s mother, has always been a beloved grandma by all her many grandchildren. She is a sweetheart, but, above all, she is amazing in the kitchen: for her, cooking is like breathing. And she is a wonderful ‘merenda maker’! Merenda is the typical afternoon tea for Italian children, and all Pucci’s grandchildren are happy to visit nonna’s home at merenda time.
Here is her recipe of a savoury rice pie, simple, healthy and always successful.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 lt. milk
- 7 full tablespoons rice
- 6 tablespoons grated parmisan
- 7 tablespoon extravirgin olive oil
- 1 egg
- 150 gr. ricotta
- 60 gr. yoghurt
- salt
First of all, make the milk boil in a pot, then add the rice. Then, stir and salt milk and rice, letting them cooking for 5 minutes. Finally mix in ricotta, parmisan, the egg and the yoghurt.
In a round baking tray (24 cm. diameter) put 5 tablespoons of oil, then add the mixture (which must be still almost liquid) and evenly spread the remaining oil on the surface.
Cook in the oven at 200° for 25 minutes, more or less, until the pie turns to a light brown.
Serve it warm and enjoy your rice pie! Buona merenda!
Many thanks for the photos to Zoe Beltran! Zoe is a young and talented photographer and one of Pucci’s grandchildren.
If you want to read the recipe in Italian language, this is the post.
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