In breve
The dish in short
- A thin dough of fine durum wheat semolina and a little soft flour, sugar, olive oil, sweet white wine, water, cinnamon and cloves, rested 30 minutes cold.
- The filling: coarsely chopped walnuts, raisins soaked in sweet white wine, sugar, grated orange zest, cinnamon and cloves.
- Strips of 60 cm × 7 cm, covered with filling, are rolled from both ends into joined roses and set side by side on a disc of dough in a 22 cm tin.
- Brushed with olive oil, baked at 180 °C for 45 minutes, covered with honey while hot, then left a few hours for the flavours to blend.
Il video, San Giovanni in Fiore, Calabria
Pitta 'mpigliata
The video: Calabrian rose pastry filled with walnuts, raisins and orange, finished with honey
The festive sweet of San Giovanni in Fiore in the Sila: thin strips of spiced pastry spread with walnuts, raisins and orange zest, rolled into roses, baked close together in a round tin and covered with honey while hot, one of Calabria's traditional food products. The video is an illustration; the recipe has the exact quantities, temperatures and times.
- Serves
- 6
- Hands-on
- 50 min
- Cooking
- 1 h
- Video
- 11 s
Passo dopo passo
The steps, in photos
The video shows the main moments; these are all 20 steps, as in the recipe.
Altri video
