Italian Easter Cake “pastiera Napoletana”

Ingredients

• 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

Ingredients for the inside dough

• 200 g ricotta 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 (variety of Italian cheese similar to cottage cheese )

Directions

1. 1

   For Pasta Frolla.

2. 2

   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.

3. 3

   For the dough inside: put ricotta togheter with powderd sugar and eggs and just a littel bit of essences, praparted corn, and candied orange.

4. 4

   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 minuts at 180°. Dish out with powrded sugar.

5. 5

   We prepare this plate gifting to friends with this basket.