Cassata Siciliana - Italian Recipe

Cassata Siciliana

🌍 Italian, Sicily Difficulty: ●●●○○

A baroque Sicilian celebration cake of sponge, sweetened ricotta, candied fruit, and marzipan. The ricotta must be sheep's milk and drained until dry, then sweetened and studded with chocolate and pistachios. The marzipan shell is rolled thin and draped over the assembled dome.

Ingredients

• 500g sheep's milk ricotta
• 300g sugar
• 200g candied fruit
• 100g dark chocolate chips
• Marzipan and sponge cake to line the mould
• Royal icing, candied decorations

Method

1. Mixing — Mix ricotta with sugar, candied fruit, chocolate.
2. Lining — Line bowl with marzipan and sponge slices.
3. Filling — Fill with ricotta mixture; chill overnight.
4. Step 4 — Unmould; coat with royal icing; decorate.

Tags: sheep's milk ricotta, sugar, candied fruit, dark chocolate chips, marzipan and sponge cake to line the mould · Source: Brittani's Almanac