Cassata recipe | Gourmet Traveller

Ingredients

• 110 gm pure icing sugar, sieved
• 110 gm almond meal
• 90 gm eggs (about 2)
• 60 gm egg yolks (about 4)
• 2 tbsp pistachio paste
• 200 gm eggwhites (about 6)
• 70 gm caster sugar
• 90 gm plain flour
• For brushing: almond liqueur, such as amaretto
• For dusting: Dutch-process cocoa
• Ricotta filling
• 450 gm firm ricotta
• 120 gm caster sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp almond liqueur, such as amaretto
• 150 gm candied fruit, such as orange, cedro and pear, diced
• 50 gm dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), coarsely chopped