In a bowl, work together the flour, sugar, lard and salt: make many crumbs using your fingertips, then add the 'egg and mix the mixture well. The end result will be a somewhat sticky dough. Grease and flour a 28-cm baking pan. Roll out the mixture with slightly damp hands so that it does not stick to your fingers and importantly, roll out to a thickness of no more than 2 cm; make small grooves on the surface with your fingertips . The cake will not grow in volume but will remain low biscuit in baking. Bake in a 170°C oven for about 50 minutes or until nice and golden. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with caster sugar, allow to cool and then remove the cake from the pan. Serve by accompanying the Schiacciunta with a sweet dessert wine.
- 200 g of 00 flour
- 100 g of sugar
- 100 g of lard
- 1 large organic egg
- Caster sugar to taste
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Strategic location for the large amount of hematite and limonite immediately identified by the emperor as soon as he landed on the island as a strategic-military axis.
The beach is named after the islet a few meters from the shore, itself named after Napoleon Bonaparte’s sister who, according to a legend (probably created by a tourism entrepreneur in the 1960s) loved to sunbathe on these rocks.
Designated as a summer residence, Napoleon purchased the property from the Manganaro family in 1814, with the intention of transforming it into a comfortable and refined abode that would have nothing to envy from Parisian residences.
Built in 1724 by Grand Duke Gaston de’ Medici, it was Napoleon’s city residence during his first stay on Elba Island.
It was built as a sign of gratitude in 1606 by José Pons y León of the Dukes of Arcos, Spanish governor of Naples and first governor of the square of Longone (part of the state of principals). In September 1814 Napoleon, accompanied by Pons and Bertrand wanted to visit the sanctuary.
While the Elban economy today is based on tourism, the fact remains that the people of San Piero and the west coast (Pomonte) have also lived and continue to live off their granite and marble
Visit the harbor where Maria Walewska landed and the armed watchtower visited by Napoleon himself in 1814
