CHESTNUT CAKE, is a typical dessert of the Tuscan popular tradition and regions adjacent to the Apennines. It is a very simple cake made with chestnut flour and a few other ingredients, typically autumnal. Moist and compact, the chestnut cake has a delicate and unmistakable taste. The chestnut cake has its roots in the peasant culture of the 1500s. Like any traditional dish, the recipe has undergone slight modifications depending on the area of origin and the family passing it down. The chestnut cake recipe is very easy and quick to prepare; you will only need chestnut flour, water, oil, pine nuts or walnut kernels, and rehydrated raisins.

But now let’s go to the kitchen, and I’ll show you how to prepare CHESTNUT CAKE

Difficulty: Easy
Cost: Medium
Preparation time: 7 Hours 10 Minutes
Portions: 8
Cooking methods: Oven
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: Fall, Winter

Ingredients

LET’S SEE TOGETHER WHAT WE NEED TO PREPARE

4 cups chestnut flour
2.75 cups water
2.82 oz raisins
3.53 oz pine nuts
1 sprig rosemary
1 pinch salt
2.82 oz extra virgin olive oil

Tools

1 Mold
1 Wooden Spoon
1 Bowl

Steps

Let’s start preparing the

To prepare the chestnut cake first wash the raisins under fresh running water, then soak them for 10 minutes in a bowl with cold water to rehydrate them.
Sift the chestnut flour into a bowl and add the water gradually, stirring with a hand whisk. Once you have obtained a homogeneous mixture, add some of the whole pine nuts.
Now squeeze and dry the raisins, and add them to the batter, always leaving a small amount to the side; mix the batter well and finally add the salt. At this point, oil a shallow baking pan with a diameter of 12.6 in and pour the batter, leveling it with a spatula.
Sprinkle the surface of the chestnut cake with pine nuts, raisins, and rosemary needles, distributing them evenly.
Finally, add a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. Bake in a preheated static oven at 356°F for about 30 minutes.
When a crust with cracks has formed on the surface, remove it from the oven and let it cool, at this point you can serve the chestnut cake
And enjoy your meal!!