Christmas traditions of our family and Cassatine Buccellati prepared by my mom, Tina
Ingredients:
cassatine and paste buccellati
1 kg of flour Barilla
500 grams of semolina flour
450 grams of lard or margarine 330 gr
sugar 5 eggs 1 tablespoon baking
Bertolini
2 vials of vanilla
Combine in a large bowl combine the flours and sugar, mix together so that they are well mixed with lard, at room temperature.
Combine eggs, lightly beaten and finish with vanilla and yeast.
Mix all ingredients, adding water if necessary with laurel sugar if the mixture is too hard.
Form a ball with the dough and let rest.
Filling for cassatine
1 kg of almonds
1 kg of sugar
Boil the almonds, peel and chop finely.
Put the mixture into a saucepan (preferably aluminum) with 1 liter of water and sugar and cook over medium heat until creamy. When cold
embed: pumpkin, goccine of chocolate, lemon peel / orange zest and apricot jam.
NB The peel of citrus fruit you can 'add the cream in cooking.
FILLING THE PRODUCT IS AT LEAST ONE DAY BEFORE IT Store in refrigerator well covered.
Flatten the dough to obtain the desired thickness.
with shapes round cassatine prepare and put the stuffing in the center and gently separate the two sides helping con la formina.
Ricoprire avendo cura di sigillare i bordi.
Ripieno per buccellati
Macinare 1 kg di fichi secchi e condirli con zuccata e goccine di cioccolato ,ammorbidendo il composto con caffè zuccherato freddo.
Aggiungere delle mandorle tostate tritate ,della marmellata di albicocche ,della cannella e del cacao amaro.
IL RIPIENO VA PREPARATO ALMENO UN GIORNO PRIMA,SI CONSERVA IN FRIGO BEN COPERTO.
Per preparare i buccellati stendere la sfoglia ,mettere al centro il ripieno ,
ripiegare ,tagliare a pezzi e decorare ,si puo' usare il coltello to create some streak. Bake
anointing slightly (just a veil) pans with lard
Bake in hot oven, preheated to about 180 ° / 200 ° for about 8 minutes.
Remove from the oven cakes are just golden.
Cool
Meanwhile prepare:
Icing or "Marmur"
4 egg whites
800 gr icing sugar
juice lemon
Mix the ingredients until creamy which must be spread on cakes just cold.
Decorate with colored sugar of the tails.
Let the icing dry completely and enjoy!
Cakes can be decorated with icing sugar and a pinch of cinnamon.
Wishes Happy Holidays
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