3 oz. potato meal
6 oz. sugar
4 eggs
1 tablespoon lemon juice

powdered sugar

Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until the sugar is dissolved.

Add the potato meal and lemon juice and mix together thoroughly for fifteen minutes.

When well mixed, add beaten egg whites and slowly stir until egg whites are folded in.

Pour the mixture in a buttered pan and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Bake in moderate oven.

This recipe was first published in the cookbook entitled, "Specialita Culinarie Italiane 137 Tested Recipes of Famous Italian Foods, Sold for the benefit of North Bennet's Industrial Training & Social Service Work in the North End of Boston." It was published in Boston, Ma. in 1937. The entire cookbook is available on line for free at "pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view." Photo: Mary Melfi.

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