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PASTIERA NAPOLETANA



Pastiera Napoletana image

Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 12h45m

Number Of Ingredients 21

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 stick unsalted butter
2 large eggs
1/2 cup hulled wheat kernels
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon butter
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup (1/2 pound) whole milk ricotta
1/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon orange flower water
1/2 cup diced candied orange peel
Cinnamon
One egg, well beaten with a pinch of salt

Steps:

  • For the Pasta Frolla, combine dry ingredients in food processor and pulse to mix. Cut butter into 8 pieces and add. Pulse to mix in finely. Add eggs and pulse until dough forms a ball. Remove from work bowl, wrap and chill dough.
  • Soak the wheat in water to cover overnight if possible. Drain the wheat and place in a pan with salt and water to cover by 3 to 4 inches and simmer until tender, about 2 hours. Add water as necessary to keep from drying out and sticking. Cool and refrigerate until needed.
  • For the pastry cream, combine sugar and flour in a small, non-reactive saucepan. Stir well to mix and add the milk, slowly, whisking it in smoothly. Whisk in the egg. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the pastry cream thickens and comes to a boil. Boil, stirring vigorously, about 1/2 minute. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla and scrape into a clean bowl. Press plastic wrap against the surface and chill.
  • For the filling, place ricotta in a mixing bowl and stir the cooled pastry cream to make a smooth, creamy mixture; stir in the sugar, eggs and remaining ingredients. Stir in the cooked wheat kernels.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and set a rack in the lowest level. Butter a 9-inch cake pan, 2-inches deep. To assemble, cut off 1/3 of the Pasta Frolla and reserve it. Roll the 2/3 of the dough into a 14-inch disk and line the prepared pan with it. Allow the dough to hang over the edge of the pan. Pour in the filling and sprinkle it with the cinnamon. Roll the remaining 1/3 of the dough into a 10-inch square. Cut it into 10 1-inch wide strips. Paint the strips with the egg wash. Moisten the rim of the dough on the pan with the egg wash, and adhere 5 strips in each direction, forming a diagonal lattice. Trim away any excess dough even with the top of the pan and push the dough all around off the top rim of the pan so that it is completely within the pan.
  • Bake about 45 minutes, until the filling is set and the pastry is light golden. Cool in the pan before unmolding. To unmold, invert onto a flat plate, lift off the pan, replace the pan with another plate or platter, then re-invert, so that the Pastiera is right side up. Serve the Pastiera at room temperature.

PASTIERA NAPOLETANA



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Good things come to those who wait-three days, to be exact.

Provided by Letitia Clark

Yield Serves 8-10

Number Of Ingredients 20

500 g (1 lb 2 oz or 4 cups) 00 or plain (all-purpose) flour, plus extra for dusting
200 g (7 oz or 1⅔ cups) icing (confectioner's) sugar
Pinch of salt
Zest of 1 orange
250 g (9 oz) butter, plus extra for greasing
5 egg yolks, plus 1 egg (beaten) for the egg wash to finish
100 g (3½ oz) soaked farro or wheat grains (berries)
350 ml (12 fl oz or 1½ cups) milk
1 cinnamon stick
Zest of 1 lemon
Pinch salt
350 g (12 oz) ricotta
4 egg yolks
Zest of 2 oranges
100 g (3½ oz) finely chopped candied orange or cedro (citron)
250 g (9 oz or 1¼ cups) sugar
1 Tbsp. orange blossom water
½ tsp. vanilla extract or the seeds from ½ vanilla pod (bean)
Pinch salt
3 egg whites

Steps:

  • Soak 100 g (3½ oz) farro or wheat grains (berries) in plenty of cold water, changing the water daily, for three days.
  • For the pastry, put the flour, icing sugar, salt, orange zest and butter in a food processor and blitz to a fine breadcrumb consistency. Add the egg yolks to the mixer and blend again briefly, until the mixture comes together as a dough (add a tablespoon or two of iced water if the dough is still dry and does not come together). Form the dough into two equal rounds with your hands. Wrap in clingfilm (plastic wrap) and chill in the fridge or freezer, depending on when you want to use it. It needs to rest for at least 30 minutes in the fridge before you roll it.
  • Grease a deep 23 cm (9 in) cake tin/crostata tin with butter, then dust it lightly with flour. After the dough has rested, roll it out to a rough 2 mm (1/16 in) thickness and line the cake tin, pushing the dough up the sides of the tin to create a 5-7.5 cm (2-3 in) depth and trimming any overhang. Don't worry too much about perfectly thin, even pastry. Reserve the pastry trimmings for the lattice top. Chill the pastry case in the fridge for 30 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
  • Remove the pastry case from the fridge and blind-bake until just golden, 15 to 20 minutes. Allow to cool while you prepare the filling.
  • For the farro or wheat berries, on the third day of soaking, drain the soaked grain. Cook in a saucepan with the milk, cinnamon, lemon zest and salt over a very low heat, covered with a lid. Cook, stirring occasionally for 30-40 minutes until the grain is plump and tender and all the milk had been absorbed. Spread the grain out on a plate to cool completely.
  • Preheat the oven to 170°C (340°F).
  • For the rest of the filling, whisk or beat the ricotta in a bowl until smooth, then whisk in the egg yolks. Stir in the orange zest, candied fruit, sugar, orange blossom water, vanilla and salt. Into this mixture, stir the cooled cooked wheat. In a separate bowl whisk the egg whites to soft peaks, then fold them gently into the ricotta mixture.
  • Pour the whole lot into the prepared pastry case. Cut the leftover pastry dough into strips about 2 cm (¾ in) wide, and arrange them over the top in a diagonal lattice. Use your fingers to press the edges of each strip into the pastry case walls to seal them.
  • Brush the top of the tart with the beaten egg and bake for 90 minutes, or until biscuit brown all over.
  • Let the tart cool and the filling settle, for at least 12 hours in a cool place before slicing into it. Serve, finally, with coffee and congratulations.

ITALIAN EASTER CAKE " PASTIERA NAPOLETANA"



Italian Easter Cake

For Easter in Naples and now every where in Italy, we prepare "Pastiera Napoletana". Is a ester cake with some strange ingredients, and I'm not sure I can translate. I'll try :-) An American friend tell to me that the "corn" in the recipe is actually a wheat, spring wheat, many Italian specialty shops carry the wheat around Easter time, it can come in cans (already cooked), some shops actually cook the wheat and you can buy it ready to go, and you can also buy it dry, look for "skinless wheat" if it's dry. In this case, soak wheat for a few days making sure to change the water daily. The day before you make the pastiere, drain the corn well, and cook it for about fours hours in half a liter of milk, adding the rind of half a lemon and a pinch of salt. Cover the pan with a lid and allow to cook on a low flame. When cooked, scent the corn with the grated rind of half an orange, and add a pinch of vanilla.

Provided by foodandmood.eu

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h20m

Yield 12 muffin

Number Of Ingredients 15

180 g butter, at room temperature
200 g flour, double 00
70 g powdered sugar
50 g white almond extract
50 g eggs
1 pinch salt
1/2 g netural vanilla powder
200 g ricotta cheese (variety of Italian cheese similar to cottage cheese )
100 g powdered sugar
200 g eggs
200 g corn, for pastiera already done
150 g candied orange, small cube
cinnamon
orange flower water
vanilla essence

Steps:

  • For Pasta Frolla.
  • Put together tender butter, sugar, salt melted in a water spoon, almond and the eggs. combine everything and then add flour and vanilla just a little bit. Put in your fridge for 10-12 hours.
  • For the dough inside: put ricotta together with powdered sugar and eggs and just a little bit of essences, prepared corn, and candied orange.
  • Finally, lay your Pasta Frolla and put in muffin molde (the big one). Then put the dough inside and over with a little bit of pasta frolla. Stendete quindi la pasta frolla e mettetela nelle formine (ne verranno almeno 6). Put in oven for 20 minutes at 180°C Dish out with powdered sugar.
  • We prepare this plate gifting to friends with this basket.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 473.7, Fat 16.8, SaturatedFat 9.8, Cholesterol 128.7, Sodium 158.2, Carbohydrate 73.6, Fiber 1.1, Sugar 55.8, Protein 7

PASTIERA NAPOLETANA



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Pastiera Napoletana is a traditional Easter pie from Naples, Italy. It's delicious, unique, and beautiful, and can be enjoyed any time of year and for any occasion. This dessert is made with cooked wheat berries, ricotta, and citrus of various forms: zest, blossom water, candied peels. The recipe shows you how to make cooked wheat or "grano cotto." You have the option to use a soft whole white wheat flour in the crust and significantly less sugar in the filling. (Don't worry, it's still plenty sweet.)

Provided by Melissa Johnson

Categories     Recipes

Time 2h50m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 29

Shortcrust Pastry
100 grams unsalted butter (7 Tbsp)
80 grams sugar (6.5 Tbsp)
20 grams honey (1 Tbsp)
40 grams milk (2.5 Tbsp)
1 egg
zest of orange and lemon to taste (1-2 tsp)
pinch of salt
250 grams whole grain white sonora flour or fresh-milled white sonora wheat berries (2 cups flour)
Powdered sugar for dusting on the pastiera when it has cooled.
330g Grano Cotto (Cooked Wheat)
65 grams white sonora wheat berries (heaping 1/3 cup uncooked dry berries)
1 liter water, more as needed (~1 qt)
Wheat Cream
330 grams grano cotto from above (this is what remains after two hours of simmering the 65g wheat berries) (~2 1/2 cups of watery wheat)
80 grams milk (1/3 cup)
28 grams unsalted butter (2 Tbsp)
2-3 pieces of orange and lemon peel, thinly sliced
pinch of salt
Ricotta Citrus Filling
200 grams ricotta, full fat, sheep's milk if possible, pre-drained if watery (3/4 cup)
100 grams sugar (1/2 cup)
2 eggs + 1 egg yolk
20 grams honey (1 Tbsp)
20 grams milk (~1 1/2 Tbsp)
orange blossom water to taste (15 grams / 1 Tbsp)
zest of orange and lemon to taste (1-2 tsp)
65 grams citron or candied orange peel
all of the wheat cream from above

Steps:

  • The Evening Before
  • Place the weighed wheat berries in a pan with plenty of water, cover, and soak overnight at room temperature. I like to make at least twice the amount needed, so I have extra breakfast porridge.
  • Mix the ricotta and sugar together, cover, and refrigerate overnight. (If the ricotta is runny, drain it first in cheesecloth, weigh it, and then mix it with the sugar.)
  • Make the short crust pastry. You can use a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or bowl with a stiff spatula. First cream the butter and sugar, then add the rest of the ingredients except the flour, finally add the flour. Bring the dough together, adding a little flour if it is very sticky. Wrap tightly in plastic and refrigerate overnight.
  • Same Day Prep
  • Drain and add fresh water to the pan of wheat berries. You can start with 1 quart water and add more as needed. Bring up to a light boil and then set to simmer uncovered for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Check periodically to make sure the simmer is light and the water hasn't evaporated off. When most of the wheat berries have popped open, the grano cotto is done.
  • Add the ingredients from the wheat cream list to the pan of grano cotto and simmer while stirring until the mixture is pasty. Remove the peels if desired and use a fork or potato masher to crush the berries. Add the candied peels/citron to the wheat cream and set aside to cool. For a very smooth filling, immersion blend the entire mixture.
  • Bring the ricotta-sugar and shortcrust pastry dough out of the refrigerator.
  • Whisk together all the ingredients under the ricotta citrus filling ingredient list, adding the ricotta-sugar last.
  • Finally, mix the cooled wheat cream into to the ricotta citrus filling. You now have a complete pastiera filling.
  • Assembly and Baking
  • Preheat your oven to 360F with a shelf at the second-to-lowest position.
  • Lightly grease a 9-inch nonstick cake pan.
  • Cut your shortcut pastry dough in two pieces, approximately 2/3 for the pastiera base and 1/3 for the lattice/gelosies.
  • Flour your workspace and roll out the pastiera base. Use your pan to estimate the dough circle size, making sure you have enough to wrap the dough up the sides of the pan.
  • Carefully wrap the dough around your rolling pin and transfer it to the pan. Use your fingers to press it into the pan and repair any tears, and a knife to cut off excess crust.
  • Dock the crust base with a fork to prevent it from puffing upward while baking. This is not particularly needed for a whole wheat crust, but doesn't hurt.
  • Roll a rectangle with the second piece of dough, again using plenty of flour, and cut into seven strips.
  • Fill the pastiera base with the filling and gently tap the pan on the counter to remove trapped air.
  • Place the first four strips of the top crust on the pastiera. Don't lay the first strip dead center, or you'll have trouble spacing the other three.
  • Lay the last three strips of crust at an angle to make diamond shapes.
  • Trim the excess strips around the edge of the pan and press the strips into the base crust. Extra dough can be baked as cookies; or rolled into a tube, wrapped, and frozen to bake as cookies on another occasion.
  • Bake for 50-60 minutes. About 15 minutes into the bake, wrap the edges of the pastiera with a silicone or foil pie shield.
  • Let the pastiera cool completely before you attempt to pop it out of the pan. I do this by loosening the edges, then covering it with a clean tea towel, followed by my palm, and then flipping the pastiera into my palm, removing the pan and flipping again as I gently lay it on a flat plate.
  • Pastiera can be kept at room temperature to set and fully develop its flavors.
  • On day two, you can store leftovers in the refrigerator and heat by the slice for 20-30 seconds in the microwave just to soften the texture and reawaken the aromas.

PASTIERA NAPOLETANA(EASTER CAKE)



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Categories     Cake     Dessert     Bake     Easter

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredienti per la pasta: per 12 persone
una confezioni da 1 kg. di pasta frolla surgelata
(se la vuoi fare in casa clicca qui)
gr. 700 di ricotta
gr. 600 di zucchero
gr. 400 di grano cotto (si trova in scatola anche nei supermercati, se non lo trovi clicca su grano cotto per cuocerlo da te)
gr. 80 di cedro candito
gr. 80 di arancia candita
gr. 50 di zucca candita (si chiama"cucuzzata")
un pizzico di cannella
gr. 100 di latte
gr. 30 di burro o strutto
5 uova intere + 2 tuorli
una bustina di vaniglia
un cucchiaio di acqua di fiori d'arancio
1 limone

Steps:

  • Preparazione: Fate scongelare la pasta a temperatura ambiente, versate in una casseruola il grano, il latte, il burro e la scorza grattugiata di 1 limone; lasciate cuocere per 10 minuti mescolando spesso finchè diventi crema. Frullate a parte la ricotta, lo zucchero, 5 uova intere più 2 tuorli, una bustina di vaniglia, un cucchiaio di acqua di fiori d'arancio e un pizzico di cannella. Lavorare il tutto fino a rendere l'impasto molto sottile. Aggiungere una grattata di buccia di un limone e i canditi tagliati a dadi. Amalgamare il tutto con il grano. Prendete la pasta frolla scongelata, o quella fatta da voi e distendete l'impasto allo spessore di circa 1/2 cm con il mattarello e rivestite la teglia (c.a. 30 cm. di diametro) precedentemente imburrata, Ritagliate la parte eccedente, ristendetela e ricavatene delle strisce. Versate il composto di ricotta nella teglia, livellatelo, ripiegate verso l'interno i bordi della pasta e decorate con strisce formando una grata che pennellerete con un tuorlo sbattuto. Infornate a 180 gradi per un'ora e mezzo finch'è la pastiera non avrà preso un colore ambrato; lasciate raffreddare e, prima di servire, spolverizzate con zucchero a velo.

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