Pastiera | Italian Recipes

Pastiera | Italian Recipes

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The Pastiera, originally an Easter cake now made all year round, is the southern response to the northern Colomba, according to the tradition, a wheat cake with ricotta cheese and candied orange peel

Keywords

  • Pastiera Napoletana
  • Pastiera
  • Traditional Pastiera
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Cooking tools:

  • Tart pan
  • Pastry cutter
  • Rolling pin
  • Microplane
  • Fine-mesh sieve
  • Hand mixer
  • Oven
  • Stove
  • Saucepan
  • Mixing bowl
  • Fork
  • Whisk
  • Wooden spoon
  • Spatula
  • Chef's knife
  • Measuring cup
  • Kitchen towel

Ingredients

  • 500 gr. flour
  • 250 gr. lard (at room temperature)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 yolks
  • 250 gr. well-drained soaked grain
  • 1 &1/2 cups milk
  • The zest of a half an orange
  • A walnut-sized piece of lard
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 250 gr. ricotta
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3 eggs separated
  • 1 vial (1/4 cup) acqua di fiori d'arancio
  • A pinch powdered cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup minced candied citron
  • 1/4 cup minced candied orange peel
  • 1/4 cup candied squash

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