Pastiera di tagliolini or pastiera di pasta dolce – Italian easter pasta cake

Ingredients

• 250 g pasta capellini (I used a different kind cause I didn´t find capellini! But the original recipe has capellini!)
• 250 g sugar
• pinch of salt
• 15gr butter or lard
• 4 eggs
• 500ml milk
• 4ml of orange blossom
• 1 lemon zest grated
• 1/2 tablespoon cinammon
• a bit of lard or butter to cover the baking pan
• a couple of tablespoons of sugar to cover the baking pan
• 40gr optional candied orange or citron
• optional powdered sugar to serve

Steps

• Preheat the oven in 200 degrees Celcius
• Cook the pasta normally and drain them
• While they are warm add the sugar and lard and mix
• Let them cool down
• Add all the ingredients except for the milk in the pasta and let them rest for a couple of hours
• Add the mix in the baking pan (22-26cm) and bake in 180 degrees Celsius (so lower the oven 20 degrees) till the cake is golden (approximately 50 minutes)
• Serve it cold topped with powdered sugar
• It is better if you prepare it 1 day in advance

You could also use pasta from the previous day, if you do not cook them very salty.