Piononos

Ingredients:
1 dozen egg yolks
12 egg whites
1/2 liter milk
1 glass of rum
1 lemon peel
400 gr . starch
500 gr . sugar
4 eggs
some cinnamon
 
Preparation:

Boil the milk with lemon rind and the 100 gr. sugar . When break is boiling add the flour mixed with four yolks , tempering it before with a little hot milk boil three minutes and pour into a bowl . In the bowl is beat the eight yolks with 250 gr. sugar to make them fluff up enough , adding to some milk intervals , as will taking consistency. They come a little at the fire temple to the batter and puffy better. When well beaten add the starch , mixing with a spatula , then add a dozen egg whites into meringue point . Well mixed with the spatula all layered extends half cm . thick sheets of paper lined baking beard and a moderate oven . When you have uploaded are removed from the oven and carefully lift the paper, let cool a bit and varnished with a brush dipped in syrup made with 150 gr . sugar , half dl . of water and a glass of rum . Already bathed spread a layer of cream and sprinkle with ground cinnamon , cut into strips two fingers wide and rolled , placed standing on a pastry board . On each roll is put some cream spread , sprinkle sugar and toasted with a hot plate .

History:

The pionono in Spain is a small cake traditionally made in Santa Fe, a town very close to the city of Granada (Spain).
Its name was given in honor of Pope Pius IX (Pio Nono as Italian pronunciation of the name). The first reference of this sweet localized appears March 18, 1858 in the Madrid press. This sweet, initially, was named with two words "Pio Nono" and / or "principles nonos". It was Leopoldo Alas "Clarín" who in his novel "The Regent" 1884 lists him as a word "pionono"

Questions:

1.- What kind of food is the pionono?

a) Drink

b) Stew

c) Sweet

d) Pasta

2.- Where are typical piononos?

a) Santa Fe (Granada)

b) Alcalá la Real (Jaén)

c) Linares (Jaén)

d) Lucena (Córdoba)

3.- Which is the most important ingredient of piononos?

a) Egg

b) Chocolate

c) Cheese

d) Milk

Realizado por: José Vicente Palomino y Sara Pérez.