Saturday, February 15, 2014

Rococo (typical Neapolitan Christmas dessert)

Rococo(typical Neapolitan  Christmas dessert)





Dessert

Oven 20 '

6/8 people


 preparation 1h




Ingredients:

500 g flour
130 ml of water
300 g Sugar
120g blanched almonds (with hazelnuts)
20 g of piston (cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg)
Grated orange peel (with Mandarin )
4 g of ammonia
1 teaspoon of honey
1 egg yolk for brushing

Preparation:

Toast the almonds (they are ready ) and grind half .
In a bowl put the flour , sugar , almonds, ammonia, grated orange peel , honey , water, and the piston .
Mix all the ingredients until you have a dough modeling .
At this point, do donuts with the hole wide because they grow up, put three in a row on a baking sheet,brush with egg and bake in the red.
Please note that the roccoco also being fairly soft tends to harden and then Remove from the oven without fear .
 When cooked upside down a few minutes in a hot oven to bake evenly .

Merry Christmas ...


Sunday, February 9, 2014

At Ricotta Sandwiches

At Ricotta Sandwiches





Dessert

6 People

1 Hour









Ingredients:

200 g Ricotta 
100 g Sugar 
1/2 sachet of baking powder 

180 g flour 

Procedure:

In a bowl, sift the flour with the baking powder. 
Now add in the flour with the sugar, stir then knead a ball and will be out a little sticky is normal, formed the loaves that you will put on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. (do not put them too close together). 
Bake in a preheated oven at 170 degrees for 20 minutes. 
Once colored above are ready, let cool and enjoy your meal .. 


Tried even with double doses.



"Balls" Ricotta Cocoa & Coconut

"Balls" Ricotta Cocoa & Coconut


Dessert

24 Pieces about

30 Minutes















Ingredients:

500 g Ricotta
250 g Sugar
200 g grated coconut (coconut flour)
150 g Cocoa

rum

Preparation:

Sieve the ricotta in a bowl.
Add sugar a tablespoon of rum and 150 g of coconut, mix well, creating a nice mix, which now divide in half to make two kinds of flavors (chocolate & coconut).
In a shallow dish, pour in the remaining cocoa (if you need a little more add it as well) Shape into balls with the first half and let them roll on the plate with the cocoa once finished the balls of this taste, put them in paper cups.
Make the same with the other half of the dough passing the balls in a dish with grated coconut and placing them in the cups.

Let stand an hour or more in the fridge and served in a tray.



Saturday, February 8, 2014

Cup mischievous almond

Cup mischievous almond 





Dessert

4 People

40 minutes












Ingredients:

5 eggs (yolks) 
150 g of sugar 
100 g almonds (peeled and chopped) 
1 Short Marsala 
milk 
dark chocolate 

Preparation:

Put in a bowl the sugar dissolved in a glass of water. 
Let boil for a few minutes, being careful not to darken the syrup that we are creating. 
Now let it cool, stirring clockwise add the 5 egg yolks. 
Let's put on the fire, stirring vigorously enough when it starts to warm up. 
The cream is ready when it has condensed (so it is also a little to your taste) 
Remove from heat and cool completely before you add the almonds and pulverized and a glass of Marsala. 

Serve in bowls with a drizzle of melted chocolate with a little milk.


Tina's Caprese

Tina's Caprese


Dessert

60 minutes

12 -15 servings













Ingredients :

140 g dark chocolate
150g shelled almonds
130 g sugar
100 g butter
3 eggs
cocoa
powdered sugar

About 1 teaspoon of baking powder

Preparation :

 In a small saucepan, melt  chocolate butter and sugar ( preferably in a double boiler ) .
Once warm pour it into a bowl and add the chopped almonds that you have previously (like a type flour) , a teaspoon of baking powder .
Separate the yolks from the whites and whip until stiff steadfast latter.
Now pour the egg yolks into the bowl of chocolate one at a time , stirring with a wooden spoon.
Pour now little at a time the albumen , making movements from the bottom upwards so that appropriate air .
Butter a cake pan ( 20cm diameter is fine) and sprinkle with cocoa.
Pour the mixture and bake for about 35 minutes.
When cooked, turn it once it has cooled cake on a serving dish and sprinkle with plenty of cold once (must counteract the bitterness of the chocolate) icing sugar.
Bon appetit ...

Ps the cake is a little sbriciolona but it is normal ..

the next day it's even more good