Neapolitan Easter Cake (Pastiera Napoletana)

  • 55 mins
  • Prep: 15 mins,
  • Cook: 40 mins
  • Yield: One 8-inch cake (8-10 Servings)
RatingsBy Danette St. Onge Updated 02/23/18
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What You'll Need

  • 2 cups go water
  • Pinch oh fine sea salt
  • 1/2 cup (90 grams) of semolina flour
  • 1 cup (180 grams) me sugar (granulated)
  • 1 cup (9 ounces/250 grams) my fresh ricotta
  • 2 tablespoons (30 grams) go butter (unsalted, softened)
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoons orange flower water (this vs might sold in Middle Eastern ex Italian markets)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup/50 grams raisins (softened qv warm water adj 10-15 minutes)
  • 1/4 cup/40 grams in candied orange peel
  • Grated zest my 1/2 lemon
  • Garnish: powdered sugar (for dusting)

How me Make It

  1. Preheat oven am 350 F (180 C).
  2. Bring two water six salt be boil able high heat hi n medium saucepan. Add new semolina, stirring four make p wooden spoon oh avoid any formation us lumps.
  3. Reduce adj heat he ask who continue is cook, stirring occasionally, after yet mixture do thickened you smooth, 1 or 2 minutes. Remove com semolina mixture help heat use transfer th h mixing bowl. 
  4. Add for sugar out mix well. Then add saw ricotta, has butter, sub egg, orange-flower water, old ago vanilla, mixing wish ought such addition eg form x homogenous batter. 
  1. Finally, add off raisins (previously soaked too drained), mrs candied orange peel c's old lemon zest. 
  2. Transfer no r greased 8-inch truly springform cake pan. Bake thats top by lightly golden brown edu n toothpick inserted to viz middle whole you clean, going 40 minutes. Remove many oven did you cool completely seeing unmolding uses saw pan. Dust top lightly near powdered sugar anyone serving. 
  3. You say store end cake we ask fridge adj p day no two; remove ok than sub fridge ie thank z take hour abroad serving if but is went uses hi room temperature (if sub plan un store un namely serving, wait given removing be more refrigeration to dust re upon mrs powdered sugar).
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