Tart with pistachios

For : 6 persons
Difficulty: low

INGREDIENTS:

• 250 G pastry dough
• 1 kg apricots
• 120g flour
• 75 g butter
• 200g sugar
• 2 tablespoons chopped pistachios

PREPARATION:

Cut the apricots into slices and put them in a bowl with 100g of sugar, stir it and let to rest for 30 min. Put the flour in a bowl with the remaining sugar, the pistachios and the soft butter, and with the tip of your fingers work the mixture until you get the crumbs.

Roll the dough and use it to line a bowl ( 24 cm ) and princk it with a fork.Pour the drained apricots and above the dough crumbs.Bake it for 35-40 min at 180 degrees.

Let it to cool before serving,

Summer plumcake

For :8 persons
Difficulty :low

INGREDIENTS:

• 250g flour
• 250g butter
• 4 eggs
• 500 g apricots
• 270 g icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

PREPARATION:

Divide the apricots in hakf and remove the crux, cut them into pieces and sprinkle 2 tablespoons of flour.Mix the butter with the sugar, adding the eggs , the remaining flour,the cocoa powder and baking powder.Pour half into a mold, adding the cuted apricots and on the pour the remaining mixture.Bake for  50min at 180 degrees.

Let it to cool and dust it with icing sugar.

Cake with chocolate figs and cedar with white chocolate sauce

For: 8 persons
Difficulty: medium

INGREDIENTS:
for the cake:

• 130g butter
• 230g sugar
• 2 eggs
• 185 g flour
• 40 g cocoa powder
• 185 ml fresh milk
• 120g dried figs
• 60g candied citron
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder

for the sauce:

• 100g white chocolate
• 50 ml fresh cream
• nutmeg

PREPARATION:

Mount 120g soft butter and the sugar, add the eggs one at the time, the flour, baking powder, cocoa powder and the milk until you get a smooth, soft dough.Cut the figs and the candied citron and put them in the compound . 

In a buttered mold pour the cake and bake it for 45 min at 180 degrees.Meanwhile , heat the fresh cream and remove from the heat, add the white chocolate and slam to  homogenize.

Unmold the cake , let it cool and cut it into slices. 

Serve with the white chocolate sauce .

Pandoro and hazelnut tart

For: 6 persons
Difficulty: low

INGREDIENTS:
for the pasta:

• 300 g flour
• 170 g butter
• 150 g sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 yolk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

for the stuffing:

• 180g Pandoro
• 125 g chocolate
• 60 ml fresh cream

PREPARATION:

Mix all the ingredients for the pasta until you get a homogeneous mixture.Wrap in plastic wrap and let it rest in the refrigerator for at least 40 min.Meanwhile buttered and flour a round pan and heat the oven for 170 degrees.Roll out the pastry ,cover the pan with it and stick the dough with a fork. Place a sheet of baking paper clipped round the dough and fill it with dried beans so as not to infiate the pastry.Bake it for 15-20 min : the dough will have to be cooked but not too dry.Melt the chocolate ,crumble the Pandoro and whip the fresh cream and stir everything.Fill the base of pastry with this compound and slice it .

Chocolate and pears delight

For: 4 persons
Difficulty : medium



INGREDIENTS:

 for the pastry:

• 165 g flour
• 125 g butter
• 30 g sugat
• 30 g almonds

 

for the stuffing:

• 4-5 pears
• 90 g butter
• 45 g cocoa powder 
• 200 g brown sugar
• 45 g flour
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

 for decoration:

• icing sugar

PREPARATION:

Pour into a bowl the flour, the sugar, the chopped almonds, 3-4 tablespoons of water and the butter and knead until the mixture is very crumbly.Wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 min. Roll out the pastry, lined a baking pan and let rest in the refrigerator.

Peel the pear,remove the seeds and cut them into 4 pieces,Prick the dough with a fork and sprinkle with sugar.Put on the pears and bake it for 15 min at 180°C.  Meanwhile melt the butter and the cocoa mixing well.Mounted the egg and the brown sugar , add the butter and cocoa and sift over the flour. Stir everything and  add the vanilla extract.Pour it on the pears and bake it for anther 15 min.Leave to cool and sprinkle the cake with icing sugar 

Cake with citrus fruits and milk chocolate

For : 6 persons
Difficulty: medium

INGREDIENTS
   for the cake:

• 150g milk chocolate
• 90 g almonds
• 60 g flour type "00"
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder 
• 1 lemon
• 1 orange
• 4eggs
• 125g sugar
• 2 spoon milk
• 20g butter                                                                                                    

                                             

 for decoration:

• 170 ml fresh cream
• icing sugar

PREPARATION:

Grease a mold and cover the bottom with parchment paper.Chop 100g chocolate with a tablespoon of grated citrus zest. Add the flour and the almonds and blend them briefly.Beat the eggs yolks and the sugar,and then add the previous mixture and the warm milk,Whip the eggs whites with a pinch of salt and stir everything with the aid of a spatula and making movements from bottom up.Add the baking powder and pour the mixture in the mold. Bake it for 45 min at 180°C. When the cake is cooled, cut it into 2 pieces.Melt the chocolate in a double boiler remained and spread the base of the cake.Stuffed with whipped cream and cover with the top of the cake,Let on the fridge for 20 min and add on top the icing sugar and chocolate flakes.

Donut

For: 10 persons
Difficulty: low

                                                               
INGREDIENTS:

• 1 kg flour
• 400 g sugar
• 4eggs
• 1 baking powder
• grated one lemon peel
• 300 g butter
• milk

PREPARATION:

Knead in a bowl the eggs and sugar, add  butter, the grated lemon peel and the flour gradually and finally the milk until you have a farly soft dough.Add the baking powder and mix well.

Grease a mold of the shape that you prefer,put the mixture and bake it at 200°C for 30min. When it will be golden color, remove from the oven and let to cool.

Cannoli siciliani

For : 10 persons
Difficulty: low

                                                  

                                                   INGREDIENTS :
For waffles:

• 200g flour
• 30 g cocoa powder
• 25g sugar
• 2 eggs
• 20g butter
• salt
• 1 spoon rum

         For stuffing :

• 1kg sweet cottage cheese
• 500g sugar
• milk
• vanilla
• cinnamon
• 100 g diced candied mixed
• 100 g plain chocolate into small pieces

For decoration: 

• reduced pistachio grit
• icing sugar

PREPARATION:

For the preparation of waffles you have to mixed in a bowl the flour,cocoa powder, the butter and eggs, add the rum at the end.Knead well until the mixture will not be homogeneous, then wrap it in plastic wrap and let it rest for half an hour. Then roll out the dough and cut into squares of about 10 cm per side,the wrap the squares into special metal tubes and fry in plenty of olive oil. Let it dry and after than take the special metal tubes.
For the stuffing, beat the sweet cottage cheese and sugar with the fork, stretch it with a can of milk and flavoring with cinnamon. Sieve and stir in the diced candied fruit and the pieces of chocolate. The stuffed pasta shells and sprinkle the out parts with chopped pistachio . Sprinkle externally with icing sugar.

Chestnuts spoon

For: 4 persone 

Difficult: mediu 

Preparation : 25 MIN

INGREDIENTS :

• 600 g chestnuts
• 150 g dark chocolate chopped
• 120 g butter
• 120 g sugar 
• a bit of sale

PREPARATION :
   
   
   Boiling the chesstnuts in salted water.When they are boiled you have to grind it.
Melt the chocolate and mixed with the chestnuts , still wormed, putting the sugar and butter.
Knead the dought ling and well.Grease and line a rectangular mold of wax paper,spill the compost  and cover it whit wax papper.Put it in the fridge for at lest 4 hours.After you can cut it in the shape you want (heart ,flowers ,square).Serve whit the cream separately