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Zuccotto

The Florentine dome dessert: liqueur-soaked sponge wrapped around a ricotta and cream filling studded with chocolate, toasted nuts and candied peel, chilled until firm and turned out like a little pumpkin.

35 min30 prep · 5 cookMedium904 kcalper serving
Zuccotto

Instructions

  1. Toast 10 g of blanched almonds and 10 g of hazelnuts in a dry frying pan over medium heat for about 4 minutes, shaking often, until fragrant and lightly golden. Tip onto a board, rub the hazelnut skins off in a cloth, let them cool completely and chop coarsely.
  2. Line a 250 ml pudding basin or small round-bottomed bowl with cling film, leaving an overhang. Cut 60 g of pan di Spagna into 1 cm slices, then into wedges, and press them against the inside of the bowl points-down so they overlap with no gaps, saving enough to cover the top later.
  3. Stir 2 tbsp of Alchermes with 1 tbsp of water and brush about two thirds of it over the sponge lining until it is rosy and damp but not soaking; reserve the rest for the lid.

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Per serving

904kcal
20gprotein
100gcarbs
44gfat
5gfibre

Computed from the ingredients against a food database, not estimated. The full nutrient table is in the app.

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