FRIULIAN SWEET GUBANA with dried fruit, easy recipe, leavened dessert, typical brioche spiral for celebrations, Christmas, New Year, Easter, weddings, gubanca.
The gubana in Slovenian dialect or gubanca is a typical festive dessert, filled with almonds, walnuts, pine nuts, and candied fruit, there is also a version with amaretti which I made because I love their aroma.
I didn’t know the gubana recipe, I happened to hear about it and immediately started searching, it’s a delicious leavened dessert, very simple to prepare with a rich and delicious filling, the typical festive dessert.
Perfect for Christmas but it seems to be made for weddings as well, scented with brandy and rich in dried fruit.
Join me in the kitchen today there’s the gubana.
Published
October 11, 2015, 8:47 PM
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Economical
- Rest time: 3 Hours
- Preparation time: 30 Minutes
- Portions: 6 People
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Christmas, Easter
Ingredients
- 0.28 oz fresh yeast
- 1.35 tbsp milk
- 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp brandy
- 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
- orange zest
- lemon zest
- 0.63 cups sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 tbsp butter (melted)
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 egg white
- 0.7 oz almonds
- 2.47 oz walnuts
- 0.53 oz candied citron
- 0.53 oz candied orange zest
- 1.41 oz raisins
- 1 tbsp breadcrumbs
- 1 knob butter
- 1 egg yolk
Steps
N.B. here is the recipe as it should be traditionally made, and a quicker version, I forgot to brush with egg yolk.
Prepare a starter with yeast, milk, and flour, mix the ingredients in a glass and let it rest covered with a kitchen cloth for about an hour.
Grate the zest of a lemon and an orange.
After the time has passed, pour the starter into the mixer or a bowl, add the flour, citrus zests, sugar, a pinch of salt, and melted butter.
Start working the dough then add 1 egg yolk and 1/2 beaten egg white, reserve the other half, finish working the dough and let it rise for 1 hour covered.
After the time, add 1 tablespoon of brandy to the dough and an egg yolk, work it and set aside.
Coarsely chop the almonds, walnuts, candied citron, and candied orange zest.
Place the raisins in a bowl with a tablespoon of white wine.
Toast 1 tablespoon of breadcrumbs with a knob of butter.
Pour the dried fruit, candied fruit, breadcrumbs, the other half of the egg white, and 1 egg yolk into a bowl, mix everything.
Take the dough, roll it thin, form a rectangle, and fill with the filling, roll it up and close forming a spiral, let it rise for 2 hours.
Once risen, turn on the oven to 356°F
Brush with an egg yolk and sprinkle with sugar, bake for about 30 minutes, check the oven.
Quick version of the dessert, the one I made:
Prepare the starter as above at step 1
Once risen, pour it into the mixer with citrus zests, 1 whole egg, without beating the egg white, the flour, butter, and citrus zest
Once risen, roll out the dough.
I did not use candied fruit and breadcrumbs, I replaced them with 200 g of coarsely chopped amaretti.
Pour the dried fruit and amaretti into a bowl and add an egg, mix with a spoon, pour the mixture on the rolled-out base and proceed as above.
Bon appétit
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FRIULIAN SWEET GUBANA with dried fruit
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FAQ (Questions and Answers) FRIULIAN SWEET GUBANA with dried fruit
Can I change the filling of the gubana?
Yes! Obviously, you will have a dessert with a different flavor.
