Castagnaccio Recipe | Best Italian Chestnut Flour Cake

Name: Castagnaccio Recipe | Best Italian Chestnut Flour Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 300 g (10,5 oz) of chestnut flour; 380 g (13,5 oz) of cold water; 4 tablespoons of sugar (optional); 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil; 40 g (1,5 oz) of raisins; 40 g (1,5 oz) of pine nuts; 40 g (1,5 oz) of walnut kernels; 2 sprigs of rosemary; 1 pinch of salt

Instructions

Prep:20minCook:35min

Castagnaccio recipe, a typical Tuscan dessert made with chestnut flour and enriched with raisins, pine nuts, walnuts and rosemary. Only extra virgin olive oil and a little water; no eggs, no butter and no yeast. In fact it’s not one of those soft and airy breakfast cakes, but it is moist and compact and unleavened. If you love chestnuts and dried fruit, you will love Castagnaccio for its delicate and naturally sweet taste. Yes, because the original Tuscan recipe does not want sugar, to better appreciate the sweetness of chestnuts. We have added a little, in this way we are sure to meet the taste of many people if not all of them. The recipe of Castagnaccio is very easy and fast but the quality of the ingredients is essential for its success. Chestnut flour, in particular, must be of the highest quality so that it can best enjoy its natural sweetness.

Updated at: Sun, 17 Oct 2021 15:07:40 GMT