Castagnaccio.

Castagnaccio! This dessert owes his name and Taste to the chestnut. Simple but delicious !

Ingredients

  • 40 g each pine and walnut
  • 100 g raisins
  • 4 tbsp sugar
  • a pinch of salt
  • 380 g cold water
  • 2 tbsp of EVO.

Toast the pine nuts in a non-stick pan. Soften the raisins for 15 minutes in a glass of lukewarm water. Sift the flour add the sugar and the pinch of salt, then add the liquids; the EVO and the cold water. Poor the water slowly, mix well to avoid lumps. Add half of the nuts and raisins. Poor into a well greased tin, finally add the rest of the nuts and raisins a few walnuts and needles of rosemary on the surface ,a dash of oil. Put in the oven at 180 gr for 35 min. Tip to know when the castagnaccio is ready ! When there are some cracks on the surface of the cake it’s time to take him out of the oven . Enjoy with a glass of vin Santo. Buon appetito!

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