Monday 4 May 2009

Ricotta and Chocolate Round Cake Roll (Ciambella Arrotolata alla Ricotta e Cioccolato)


I love this cake. It’s so soft that melts in your mouth and it’s perfect for breakfast or afternoon tea.
This recipe is from Thea, an Italian fellow blogger - one of my favourite blogs http://dolcipensieri-blog.blogspot.com/.

Ingredients

For the Cake:
Plain Flour, 500g
Butter, 80g
Eggs, 2
Milk, 100g
Rhum, 1 Tbsp
Sugar, 6 Tbsp
Vanilla essence
1 sachet of ‘Pane Degli Angeli’ or a similar instant leavening agent for desserts (I.e. Baking Powder)
Sucre perlé
Icing Sugar

For the Filling:
Ricotta Cheese, 250g
Diced Dark Choccolate, 130g
1 Egg
Sugar, 6 Tbsp
Unsalted butter, 80g


Grease an oven tray and preheat the oven to 180°C.

First of all prepare the filling:
Place the ricotta in a sieve to drain off any excess water. In a bowl, mix the sieved ricotta with the sugar and the egg. Set aside.

The dough:
Work all the ingredients together (flour, butter, eggs, milk, rhum, sugar, vanilla essence and baking powder) to obtain a soft dough.
Flour the working surface and the rolling pin, and roll out the dough to a sheet of approx. 35 cm x 35 cm.
In a sauce pan melt the butter (about 80g). Brush the liquified butter onto the dough sheet and sprinkle with one or two handfuls of granulated sugar.
Now spread the ricotta filling evenly onto the dough sheet and then sprinkle with the diced chocolate.
Roll the sheet into a roll.
Transfer the roll onto a greased baking sheet and join the two edges together to form a ring. Brush with milk and sprinkle with Sucre perlé.
Bake in a pre-heated oven to 180°C for about 30 minutes.
Transfer onto a wire rack and leave to cool. When cold sprinkle with icing sugar.


Ciambella arrotolata alla Ricotta e Cioccolato

Ingredienti

Per la Ciambella:
Farina, 500g
Burro, 80g
Uova, 2
Latte, 100g
Rhum, 1 Tbsp
Zucchero, 6 Tbsp
Essenza di Vaniglia
1 bustina di Pane Degli Angeli
Granella di zucchero
Zucchero a velo per decorare

Per il ripieno:
Ricotta, 250g
Cioccolato fondente a pezzetti, 130g
1 Uovo
Zucchero, 6 cucchiai
Burro, 80g


Riscaldare il forno a 180°C.

Preparare il ripieno:
Passare la ricotta al setaccio. Incorporare l’uovo e lo zucchero e mettere da parte.

Per la ciambella:
Lavorare tutti gli ingredienti (farina, burro, uova, latte, rhum, zucchero, essenza di vaniglia e Pane degli Angeli) fino ad ottenere un panetto di pasta morbido ma che non sia appiccicoso.
Con il mattarello tirare una sfoglia di circa 35 cm x 35 cm, spennellare con il burro fuso e spolverizzare con una o due manciate di zucchero e con il cioccolato a pezzetti.
Arrotolare e disporre a corona in una teglia imburrata. Spennellare con del latte e spolverizzare con la granella di zucchero.
Infornare a 180°C per circa 30 minuti.
Una volta freddo spolverizzare con dello zucchero a velo.
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1 comment:

  1. This looks amazing! I just discovered your blog (via The British Larder)...I'm a complete Italophile AND Anglophile. This will be a great way to practice my (very bad) Italian.

    Will definitely keep reading!

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