Recipe: Pangiallo Romano (Roman Christmas Cake)
Roman dessert typically prepared on the Winter Solstice day as a good omen hoping that the sun will return soon. The main ingredients are chocolate and candied and dry fruits.
Ingredients
- 3.5 ounces dark chocolate
- 3.5 ounces maple syrup
- 3.5 ounces raisins
- 2.5 ounces walnuts
- 2.5 ounces hazelnuts
- 2.5 ounces almonds
- 2.5 ounces all-purpose flour
- 1.5 ounces pine nuts
- 1.5 ounces candied fruit
- 1 orange peel
- 1 lemon peel
Optional (for the glazing):
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons olive oil extra virgin
- 0.1 ounce saffron (2 saffron packs)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 ºF (175 ºC).
- Line a tray with parchment paper.
- Grind the orange and lemon zest avoiding the bitter white part.
- Coarsely chop the almonds, hazelnuts, and walnuts. I use a blender on minimum speed for 10 seconds.
- Mix all the ingredients except the chocolate in a bowl with a spoon.
- Melt the chocolate in a water bath or the microwave for 3 minutes.
- Add it to the mix using the spoon, and then use your hands as soon the mixture has cooled down (approx 10 seconds).
- Mix everything until you obtain a homogeneous mixture.
- With floured hands, form a ball and place it on a pan with parchment paper. Flatten it a little bit with the palm of your hands.
- Prepare the covering’s glaze by putting the flour, oil, and saffron in a bowl, start mixing, and add water until you get a thick and homogeneous batter.
- Brush the pangiallo with the saffron glaze.
- Bake in a preheated oven for about 40 minutes.
Notes
Watch out the oven from minutes 30 to 40 to ensure it doesn’t burn.
Take it out of the oven and let it cool completely before serving.
Let it cool completely before serving.
Feel free to make it without the grazing is just as good.
Take it out of the oven and let it cool completely before serving.
Let it cool completely before serving.
Feel free to make it without the grazing is just as good.
Nutrition
Calories: 289kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 5gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 8mgPotassium: 290mgFiber: 4gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 15IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 54mgIron: 3mg
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