La Pastiera

Miss Fluffy's Cooking (Angie's Italian Cooking)
Miss Fluffy's Cooking (Angie's Italian Cooking) @missfluffy
Italy

Traditional Easter cake from Naples. This is my mother in law's recipe that I've learnt to cook over the years. Make it at least a day or two in advance. It is SO worth it! Definitely one of the best cakes I've ever had #italian #easter #cake

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Ingredients

  1. Round of SWEET pastry (make your own or buy it)
  2. 380 gcooked wheat
  3. 300 gricotta cheese (if you can, from sheep)
  4. Candid fruit (lemon and orange, 80 g total)
  5. 40 gbutter
  6. 3eggs
  7. 1vanilla pod
  8. 300 gsugar
  9. 1lemon peel
  10. Spoonfulorange flower water
  11. 200 mlmilk
  12. Icing sugar to serve

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Get the wheat, lemon and butter, put in a pan

  2. 2

    Add milk and bring slowly to the boil. Simmer on low for 20 mins. Leave to cool for about 2 hours. If making pastry, do it now.

  3. 3

    Meanwhile, get your candid fruit and blend in a food processor. When cool, remove lemon from mixture and using a hand blender, whizz it up

  4. 4

    Put ricotta in a bowl. Add sugar and mix. Add wheat mixture and mix.

  5. 5

    Add eggs, vanilla, orange water and fruit. Mix very well until all smooth and creamy like

  6. 6

    Put sweet pastry in a 24cm cake tin, cut off the edges. Add mixture and use edges to make a pattern on top. Bake at 160 for 1 hour until brown. IMPORTANT: leave to cool on wire rack UNCOVERED for 24 hours

  7. 7

    When ready to serve, sprinkle with icing sugar and enjoy with a delicious sweet wine :)

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Cookpad UK member and ambassador living in Italy.Check out my website! www.angiesitalianhomecooking.comGo follow me on...Instagram: angies_italian_cookingI love food, I love cooking. I've learnt how to cook different things but especially how to cook Italian food. I've been living in Italy for a number of years now. My Italian husband approves of my cooking so I can't be too bad in the kitchen! If anyone has a question or recipe request, feel free to ask :) I aim to share my Italian cooking, entwined with a few other recipes. If you bookmark my recipes, please give me a like or a comment. Thanks :) Fluffy XXX
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