The Easter Dove with Thermomix or Stand Mixer. According to tradition, the Easter dove is a Lombard dessert.
It is said that around 610, in Pavia, which was the capital of the Lombards, Queen Theodelinda hosted a group of Irish pilgrims led by Saint Columbanus and offered them game and rich libations, but the saint declined because it was Lent.
Theodelinda and her husband Agilulf interpreted the refusal as a personal offense and that was when Columbanus, blessing the game, transformed it into white doves of bread.
With this recipe, you will get a large dove, and I will show you how to knead with Thermomix and with a stand mixer.

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Difficulty: Medium
Cost: Economical
Rest time: 3 Hours
Preparation time: 20 Minutes
Portions: 12
Cooking methods: Electric Oven
Cuisine: Italian

613.57 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 613.57 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 89.69 (g) of which sugars 40.33 (g)
Proteins 13.76 (g)
Fat 23.50 (g) of which saturated 12.74 (g)of which unsaturated 9.97 (g)
Fibers 3.53 (g)
Sodium 147.05 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 5 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA^* and FoodData Central^** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

^* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ^** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
4.8 cups Manitoba flour
1 cup butter
1 cup orange peel (or chocolate chips)
0.5 cup milk
2 cups sugar
0.25 cup sugar crystals
1 cup amaretti
0.5 cup almonds (whole with skin)
0.88 oz fresh yeast
4 eggs
1 pinch salt
0.3 cup water
1 egg white

Tools

Stand Mixer or Thermomix
Mold for 3.3 lbs Dove
Oven
damp cloth
Parchment paper

Preparation: The Easter Dove with Thermomix or Stand Mixer

Place yeast, all-purpose flour, and 1/3 cup of water into the mixing bowl: run the Thermomix at Spiga speed for three minutes.
Do the same if you are using a stand mixer, and mix for 3 minutes
After kneading these ingredients, the dough needs to rest in the bowl until it doubles in size.
Once the dough has risen, add the Manitoba flour, butter, 1 cup of sugar, milk, eggs, and salt: run the Thermomix at Spiga speed for three minutes.
Do the same if you are using a stand mixer, and mix for 3 minutes.
This dough also needs to rest in the bowl until it doubles in size.
After the second rising, add the citrus peels: mix everything until the dough is soft and semi-fluid enough to easily detach from the sides of the bowl. (cording).
Now we can place the obtained dough into the dove-shaped mold, and let it rise for 2-3 hours, covering it with a damp cloth.
When the rising is almost complete, preheat the fan oven to 356°F and…
Let’s prepare the glaze.
Place the remaining sugar, amaretti, and almonds into the Thermomix or stand mixer bowl: run at speed 7 for twenty seconds.
Now add a previously beaten egg white: mix everything, and pour the obtained mixture over the dove.
here you can unleash your creativity, adding almonds and sugar crystals or even chocolate chips on the glaze.
We will bake the dove in a preheated fan oven at 356°F for about 30 minutes.
After this time, cover the cake with parchment paper, and bake for another 25 minutes at 320°F.
To know if it’s cooked, simply use the usual toothpick trick to insert into the cake: if it comes out wet, it means it needs to cook a few more minutes, if it comes out dry, it means the dove is ready.
Here is the ready Easter Dove with Thermomix or Stand Mixer by Rita Amordicucina