Sicilian Easter A Cuddura cull’ova.
The millennial tradition of Sicilian Easter considers it a typical sweet alongside the usual marzipan lambs.
A slightly sweet, soft dinner bread, flavored with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, all decorated with sesame seeds.
In the subsequent version, it was made in shortcrust pastry and decorated with multicolored sprinkles, but to reach this, you had to wait for the Bourbon era.
Their cooks were instructed by French chefs who introduced a rather rich cuisine with butter and expensive elements, which at that time, the Sicilian people could only watch from afar.
You’ll find the version with a stand mixer and the Bimby version.

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Difficulty: Easy
Cost: Very cheap
Rest time: 3 Hours 10 Minutes
Preparation time: 15 Minutes
Portions: 5
Cooking methods: Electric oven
Cuisine: Regional Italian
Region: Sicily
Seasonality: Easter Monday, Easter

653.59 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 653.59 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 95.59 (g) of which sugars 20.04 (g)
Proteins 24.34 (g)
Fat 20.87 (g) of which saturated 7.27 (g)of which unsaturated 11.98 (g)
Fibers 5.24 (g)
Sodium 1,255.00 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 240 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

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5 Eggs (hard boiled)
1 cup g Water
1.75 oz g Lard
1/3 cup g Sugar
0.9 oz g Fresh brewer's yeast
2 1/8 cups g Manitoba flour
2 cups g All-purpose flour
1 tbsp g Honey
0.5 oz g Salt
1 pinch Ground cinnamon
1 pinch Nutmeg
3.38 tbsp ml Milk
1.4 oz g Sesame seeds
Half teaspoon Cloves (essence)

Sicilian Easter A Cuddura cull’ova

Tools

Stand mixer or Bimby
Parchment paper
Tray large
Brush
Bowl

Preparation of Sicilian Easter A Cuddura cull’ova

First, make the hard-boiled eggs.
Put in the stand mixer warm water, lard, sugar, and crumbled yeast, and let the machine run until everything is well dissolved.
Gradually add the 2 flours, honey, salt, clove essence, a pinch of cinnamon, and a pinch of nutmeg, and knead until a smooth and consistent dough is obtained.
Let rise in a bowl covered with plastic wrap and wrapped in a warm cloth for an hour. Here you can see before and after the first rise.
From here on you can continue either if you are kneading with a stand mixer, by hand, or with Bimby.
Place the dough on a floured surface and divide the shapes into 2 large parts and 3 smaller ones.
On a tray with parchment paper, spread the first of the 2 larger shapes with your hands, helping with your fingers, it should be about 8 inches by 8 inches.
Place the hard-boiled eggs as in the photo.
Spread out the other piece of dough as you did with the previous one, and cover the eggs, leaving the top ones slightly uncovered.
From the other smaller pieces of dough you had aside, make long, thin tubes.
Of these, make a braid with the thicker ones
and place it as the basket’s handle.
Thin out the others and make thinner braids,
to further decorate the basket as you like.
Now put it in the turned-off oven and let it rise for another 2 hours.
After 2 hours, turn the oven to 104°F and keep the tray inside for 10 minutes.
After the time has passed, take out the tray and raise the oven temperature to 356°F static, brush with milk,
Sprinkle sesame all over.
bake in a preheated oven at 356°F for 20 minutes
Take out the tray and let it cool.
Bring to the table for Holy Easter, here is the Sicilian Easter A Cuddura cull’ova ready.
The shape is up to you depending on your taste and imagination.
Put water, lard, yeast, and sugar in the mixing bowl. 1 min at 98.6°F speed 3
Add the rest of the ingredients and knead on spike level for 3 min. Let rise in a bowl covered with plastic wrap and wrapped in a warm cloth for an hour.
Then continue the recipe as indicated above.