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ITALIAN FIID RECIPE

Haute cuisine Christmas dessert

ingredients tronchetto di natale

Tronchetto di Natale (the translation is "Christmas little trunk"), dessert recipe for Christmas has a particular trunk shape, where it takes its name from. It is a very widespread recipe with very many variants. We propose one of the most classic, with chestnuts stuffing and cocoa flavoured pan di spagna.

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BASIC INGREDIENTSPAN DI SPAGNA
typologyTRADITIONAL
ConservationINADVISABLE
seasonALL
difficultiesLOW


cooking time
Timetable

serving time         served

7 hours (minimum)

cooking time clip artcooking

45 minutes

rest time rest

5 hours (minimum)

cookerworking

2 hours

suggested wine suggested wine: dessert wine

ingredients for 12 persons

EGGS

6

SUGAR POWDER

oz 6

170  grams

FINE MILLED WHEAT FLOUR

oz 4+1/4

120 grams

POTATO FLOUR

oz 1+3/4

50 grams

COCOA

oz 1+1/4

30   grams

SALT

1 teaspoon

5 grams

FOR THE STUFFING

EGGS

2

WHISKED CREAM

o1+1/4 cup

300 cc

CRYSTALLIZED CHESTNUTS

oz 7

200 grams

BRANDY

1+1/4 TABLESPOON

20 cc

VANILLA SUGAR

2 TABLESPOONS

FOR THE GLOSSY

PLAIN CHOCOLATE

OZ 14

400 grams

MILK OR CREAM

1/4 CUP

40 cc

SUGAR

1 TABLESPOON

WHISKED CREAM

FOR GARNISHING

 

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Notes to the recipe: tronchetto di natale, due the work required and the ingredients cost,  is a difficult recipe. After all it is a haute cuisine recipe, widespread for its very good taste and not for its preparation facility. As you can see the doses are very big, but for a good result it needs a minimum quantity of ingredients. The ingredients are easy to find. What means tronchetto di natale?  The shape of tronchetto di natale must be like a little trunk, for this reason it is called tronchetto=little trunk and di Natale=of Christmas.

haute cuisine dessert

  

haute cuisine dessert

 

 

haute cuisine dessert

 

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