{"id":14144,"date":"2026-03-19T13:14:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unochefpergaia.it\/?p=14144"},"modified":"2026-03-31T07:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:22:20","slug":"lombardy-mamma-giovannas-gluten-free-bread-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unochefpergaia.it\/en\/lombardy-mamma-giovannas-gluten-free-bread-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Lombardy – Mamma Giovanna’s Gluten-free Bread Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Giro d\u2019Italia in 20 recipes<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Mamma Giovanna’s Gluten-free Bread Cake<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Some recipes are not \u201cjust\u201d desserts. They are family photographs, inherited gestures, silent comforts that come back to life the moment a familiar scent fills the kitchen.<\/p>\n

For the Lombardy<\/strong> stage of my Giro d\u2019Italia in 20 Recipes<\/strong>, I asked my friend Simonetta which recipe she has missed the most since being diagnosed with coeliac disease. With palpable emotion, Simonetta told me about her recipe of the heart: Bread Cake<\/strong>, the cake her mum Giovanna used to make for her, using bread\u2014even leftover bread\u2014and just a few simple ingredients, as was once the tradition.<\/p>\n

Torta Paesana is a dessert rooted in rural cooking, born from the art of wasting nothing<\/strong> and turning what you had in the pantry into something special: bread, milk, eggs, cocoa, dried fruit, biscuits\u2026 and that unmistakable \u201chome\u201d aroma that lingers in your memory.<\/p>\n

Simonetta\u2019s story really moved me. Since her coeliac diagnosis, she has never found the courage to remake this cake in a gluten-free version.
\nNot because she doesn\u2019t miss it\u2014quite the opposite\u2014but because some recipes are so deeply tied to memories that the fear of \u201cgetting them wrong\u201d can be overwhelming. And so, even today, she still prepares it with regular bread for her husband and friends, choosing not to taste it herself.<\/p>\n

This is exactly where the meaning of this project comes in: giving people with coeliac disease back the pleasure of their heart recipes, those that seemed lost forever, the ones that nourish not only the body but also the soul.<\/p>\n

I made Simonetta a promise: I will bring her my gluten-free Bread Cake to taste, hoping not to disappoint her and to rekindle the joy she felt as a child.<\/p>\n

\"Ilaria-bertinelli-torta-paesana\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Mamma Giovanna’s Gluten-free Bread Cake<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

32.5g carbohydrates per 100g<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Ingredients<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n