Pastiera Napoletana: the recipe of Tutto Pasticceria
The pastry is an ancient paschal sweet partnopeo is a cake shortcrust pastry filling of a dough formed by boiled wheat ricotta eggs spices and candied.
300 gr of type 00 flour
160 gr butter
130 g sugar
2 eggs
1 yolk
orange zest
1 pinch of salt
For the filling of the Neapolitan pastry
600 gr sheep ricotta
aroma for sweet Orange flowers
260 gr of cooked wheat
pastry cream 300 gr.
110 ml of milk
70 g of sugar
1 egg
1 pinch of cinnamon
orange zest
orange jam q.b
- Prepare the straddle by combining all the ingredients, knead all with cold butter in small pieces. refrigerate to rest for a couple of hours.
- Prepare for the pastry cream or use one of our ready creams that you can find on our shop.
In a pot cook the wheat by adding milk.
Sift the ricotta and join the pastry cream, the orange candied, cinnamon, egg, sugar, orange peel and cooked wheat.
Spread the frog, spread a layer of jam on the base and fill it with the filling, close with the same straw.
In the oven at 180 degrees for 50 minutes, it lets cool in the pan.
The meal is recommended to eat it a day later, it will be more ‘good and rich in flavor.
You can buy the aroma for orange flowers water sweets on our shop, just click on the photo.
Secret Tips and Tricks for the preparation of the Neapolitan Pastiera
- After 30 minutes of cooking, cover with a sheet of baking paper and continue the cooking for another 30.
- Cook the confectioner using the oven static.
- After 1 h check the situation it is possible that the meal will be slightly opened oven and close right away.
- You can replace the butter with a lard.
- You can make cream of wheat Even the day before.
- To avoid swelling too much you can keep Meal tea in the fridge a couple of hours before cooking.
- If you love a creamier pastry, shake a part of wheat cream.
- If you have prepared the Meal tea lower than 5/6 cm recommended keep it in the oven for 45 minutes.
For how many days I can keep – Meal?
The pastry is kept for a long time even 1 week, in a cool and dry place.
