Showing posts with label orange. Show all posts
Showing posts with label orange. Show all posts

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Easter Cake - La sportellina


Easter Cake - La sportellina


La Sportellina
La Sportellina





INGREDIENTS

1 egg
150 g of sugar
100 g of melted butter
juice of 1 orange
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
300 g flour
1 packet of baking powder
1/2 cup milk
100 g pine nuts


PREPARATION

In a bowl beat the egg with the sugar and add the melted butter and mix again.
Combine the orange juice, then add the flour, vanilla and baking powder.
Pour the milk and incorporate them to the mixture and continue to mix well.
When all the ingredients are well incorporated, pour the mixture into a round cake pan, buttered and floured or lined with parchment paper.
Sprinkle the pine nuts on the surface of the cake and bake in a preheated oven at 180 ° C for about half an hour.




INGREDIENTI

1 uovo            
150 g di zucchero            
100 g di burro sciolto
il succo di 1 arancia
1 bustina di vanillina            
300 g di farina                
1 bustina di lievito per dolci
1/2 tazza di latte
100 g di pinoli


PREPARAZIONE

In una ciotola sbattere l'uovo con lo zucchero ed ggiungere il burro sciolto e mescolare ancora.
Unire il succo di arancia e successivamente aggiungere la farina, la vanillina ed il lievito.
Versare anche il latte e inglobarglo all'impasto, continuando a mescolare bene.
Quando tutti gli ingredienti sono ben incorporati, versare l'impasto in una tortiera tonda, precedentemente imburrata ed infarinata o foderata con la carta da forno.
Cospargere i pinoli sulla superfice della torta ed infornare in un forno preriscaldato a 180°C per circa mezz'ora.

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Lent's biscuits - I quaresimali








INGREDIENTS

150 g white flour
3 eggs whites
170 g sugar
30 g dark chocolate
1 orange peel

PREPARATION

In a medium bowl, mix flour, sugar, dark chocolate and grate the orange peel. In a another  bowl, whip the eggs whites until  stiff. Pour the whites in the mixture and mix as far as the mixture is smooth. I like adding a little bit. of orange juice.
Grase a baking pan, fill a pastry bag and dare alphabet letters, dividing well one by the others, bacause baking them graw up.
Cook at 150 for 15 minutes.





INGREDIENTI

150g farina 00
3 albumi
170g zucchero
30 g cioccolato fondente in polvere
1 scorza di arancia

PREPARAZIONE

In una ciotola versare la farina, lo zucchero, il cioccolato, la scorza di arancia. In un'altra ciotola montare a neve ferma gli albumi e poi versarli nel composto, mescolare fino a quando non otterrete un impasto morbido. A me piace aggiungere qualche goccia di succo di arancia.
Imburrate una teglia o, se preferite, usate la carta da forno, riempire una sac à poche e comporre delle lettere dell'alfabeto, distanziate l'una dalle altre, perché cuocendo aumentano di volume.
Cuocete in forno preriscaldato a 150 per 15 minuti.


Thursday, February 27, 2014

Berlingozzo - Ring Cake

BERLINGOZZO




INGREDIENTS


 300 g flour
200 g sugar
2 whole eggs
2 egg yolks
50gr extra vergin oil
1 packet yeast
Grated rind of 1 lemon or orange
1 orange
colored sprinkles
orange jam

PREPARATION

In a medium bowl mix sugar and yolks of eggs. Work on the eggs for several minutes, so the cake will be softer.Add oil, flour, the grated rind of one lemon and the orange juice to soften the mixture.  If you want, you can add a little of milk. Joining finally the yeast and bake at 180 degrees for 30 minutes. Decorate with orange jam with colored sprinkles.




INGREDIENTI

 300 gr  farina
200 gr zucchero
2 uova intere
2 tuorli
50 gr olio
1 bustina lievito
1 Scorza grattugiata di limone o di un'arancia
1 arancia

PREPARAZIONE

Montare i tuorli con lo zucchero, lavorandoli per 5 minuti.  Aggiungere l'olio, la scorza grattugiata di un limone (o arancia), l'arancia. Se volete, potete aggiungere un po'di latte. Unire per ultimo la farina ed il lievito e infornare a 180 gradi per 30 minuti. Decorate con un po' marmellata di arancia, codette colorate e zucchero.


Thursday, April 5, 2012

Orange sponge cake

TRADITIONAL ORANGE SPONGE CAKE

One of the most important traditional tuscan cake, is orange cake.
The recipe is very easy to do , and the cake is one of the best of all tuscan recipes.
you can eat in the morning or for a break, very simple but very good.
INGREDIENTS
  • 300g flour 
  • 300g sugar 
  • 3 oranges 
  • 3 eggs 
  • 75g butter 
  • 1 packet baking powder 
PREPARATION 
Separate egg yolks and egg whites and beat eggs yolks and sugar with an electric mixer. Add the flour gradually, add oranges juice, orange peel, melted butter and baking powder. Whip the eggs whites until stiff and incorporate them into the mixture. Now mix with a ladle from the bottom to the top. Put the mixture into a buttered pan or, if you prefer, cover the pan with parchment paper. Put in preheated oven at180 for 35-40 minutes. If you like, decorate with powdered sugar

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