Cassata Siciliana (without eggs)
Cassata Siciliana (without eggs)

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Cassata Siciliana (without eggs) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Cassata Siciliana (without eggs) is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

Cassata has been the cake of choice for many special family celebrations and we always used to have it for Christmas or Easter, whenever we were able to spend such special occasions in Sicily with our relatives. "Cassata Siciliana," Costantino says, "is the sophisticated city cousin." To make the most popular version of cassata Siciliana, a thin layer of marzipan tinted green is pushed up against the sides of a plastic-wrap-lined metal pan with sloping sides. (Some say the marzipan border should be striped. Cassata siciliana, ricetta originale della vera Cassata siciliana, la Regina dei dolci siciliani. Con spiegazioni passo passo, storia e origini.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cassata siciliana (without eggs) using 12 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Cassata Siciliana (without eggs):
  1. Make ready 7 " vanilla sponge
  2. Prepare 1 small vanilla sponge for the sides
  3. Make ready 500 gms ricotta cheese
  4. Make ready 150 gms sugar
  5. Get 100 gms chocolate, roughly chopped
  6. Prepare 1 tsp vanilla extract
  7. Get 50 gms candied fruits
  8. Make ready 50 gms pistachio nuts, chopped
  9. Take 50 gms hazelnuts, chopped
  10. Make ready Rind of 1 lemon
  11. Prepare 40 ml orange juice
  12. Take 600 gms green marzipan

La Cassata è l'emblema della storia della Sicilia, la Il Simbolo della tradizione dolciaria siciliana e della storia multiculturale di questa terra. Nella nostra produzione la cassata si arricchisce di una speciale lavorazione della ricotta che ne fa un prodotto unico nel panorama delle pasticcerie siciliane. Find cassata siciliana stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection. Thousands of new, high-quality pictures added every day.

Steps to make Cassata Siciliana (without eggs):
  1. In a food processor, mix cheese and sugar till the texture is smooth. Pour the mixture in a bowl and add chocolate, pistachio nuts, hazelnuts, vanilla extract, candied fruits and lemon rind. Mix it well and keep it aside.
  2. Line a round, loose bottom cake tin with cling film.
  3. Roll out marzipan and line the bottom and sides of the tin.
  4. Brush the marzipan with apricot jam.
  5. Cut the sponge cake into a round for the base to go over the marzipan and a second round for the top, ensuring its very thick and some rectangular pieces to go at the sides.
  6. Line the cake over the bottom and sides of the marzipan.
  7. Spoon the ricotta mixture over the cake till the top.
  8. Place the second cake over the ricotta mixture and press further down.
  9. Refrigerate for 5hrs.
  10. Place a plate over the tin and turn over gently, while firmly holding the plate. The cassata should slide out easily. Peel off the cling film.
  11. Ready to serve.

Try this Italian Cassata Siciliana inspired cake made with layers of sponge cake and marzipan with a chocolate chip, candied fruit and ricotta filling. Cassata is traditionally made with sheep's milk ricotta, which is probably hard to obtain if you don't live in Italy. It is quite easy and delicious to make ricotta yourself, and that is what I did for this cassata as well. Perhaps I can find a source for sheep's milk somewhere, but for now I've used generic cow's milk. Cassata Siciliana is not the kind of cake you make very often.

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