Castagnaccio, A Tuscan Style Chestnut Flour Cake

Castagnaccio is an ancient Tuscan dessert based on chestnut flour. A perfect sweet alternative for those who are gluten intolerant and do not contain dairy products, eggs, or butter. As always if you like the recipe please Subscribe : https://bit.ly/341DSMK

ingredients

400 gr chestnut flour
30 ml rum
2 tablespoons sugar
pinch of salt
50 gr pine nuts
50 gr walnuts
100 gr raisins
500 ml water
rosemary
Extra virgin olive oil

Instruction

sieve 400 gr of chestnut flour

add a little at a time 500 ml of water and 30 ml of rum (normally I leave the raisins to soak in rum for an hour and then use it for the mixture)

mix well to obtain a liquid mixture without lumps

add 2 tablespoons of sugar and a pinch of salt

a teaspoon of orange zest

50 gr of pine nuts

50 gr of walnuts

100 gr of raisins

2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil

and mix well

let it rest for at least an hour

Grease a round baking pan of xx cm diameter with a couple of tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.

pour in the dough

scatter some rosemary, chopped walnuts and pine nuts on top of the mixture.

bake in a hot oven at xxx ° for 40 minutes

let the castagnaccio cool down before tasting it

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