Chestnut Flour Cake
calories: high
category: dessert
cost: medium
difficulty: medium
preparation time: 90
Ingredients
Chestnut flour 400 gr.
Pine nuts 30 gr.
Raisins 30 gr.
Sugar 4 tablespoons
Extra-virgin olive oil 6 tablespoons
Butter a knob
Bread crumbs as required
Salt a pinch
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Pine nuts 30 gr.
Raisins 30 gr.
Sugar 4 tablespoons
Extra-virgin olive oil 6 tablespoons
Butter a knob
Bread crumbs as required
Salt a pinch
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for your meals
Preparation Soak the raisins in warm water for 20 minutes, then drain them and squeeze them. Put the chestnut flour into a bowl, add the sugar and a pinch of salt and mix well. Then add four spoonfuls of oil and keep on mixing carefully adding warm water to get a soft mixture.
Grease a cake pan with the butter and sprinkle it with the bread crumbs and pour the mixture in. Arrange the pine nuts and the raisins on the top and add the rest of the oil. Bake in an oven at about 180° C for about an hour. The Chef's tips Gea della Garisenda is a sweet, slightly acid, pleasantly sparkling wine to be drunk with your recipe. Curiosity This sweet is made from chestnut flour, hence the name, and has several varieties. It should be baked in a low cake pan.
Grease a cake pan with the butter and sprinkle it with the bread crumbs and pour the mixture in. Arrange the pine nuts and the raisins on the top and add the rest of the oil. Bake in an oven at about 180° C for about an hour.
