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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Have you ever eat an Italian Flag?


Today it's the 150° Anniversary since the Unity of Italy.
To celebrate the occasion my mother prepared a cake for the event resembling italian flag !

Ingredients for the dough :

250g. Butter
500g. Flour
5 Egg yolks
200g. Icing Sugar
a pinch of salt

For the custard :

6 Egg yolks
500ml Milk
50g Flour
150g Sugar
1 stick of vanilla

Fruit :
about 2 kiwis
about  2 bananas
about 200g of strawberries

Preparations :

Cut the fruits in little slices and then put it to rest into a bowl full of lemon juice (so it wont get dark)
For the dough,whisk together the butter,flour and salt until it's well mixed up then add the icing sugar and the yolks,keep whisking and form a sphere,then wrap it using a plastic film and put it to rest into the fridge while we prepare the custard : put the milk and the vanilla stick (cut the stick and open it to let it spread into the milk) on the fire and as soon as it starts boiling take it away. Whisker the eggs and the sugar,then add the flour,remove the vanilla stick from the milk and then pour it into the mixture of eggs and sugar,then put the whole thing back on the fire to heat gently until it's gently boiling and take it away to cool down.

Take the dough out of the fridge,into a rectangular baking pan  put some waxed paper on it then knead the dough forming a rectangle that you will put into the pan  cook into the oven at 180° until it's golden (about 20 min).
Spread the custard on the cooked dough and then put the fruit on it starting from the left with kiwis,middle bananas and right strawberries.

Enjoy !



8 comments:

Medifast Coupon Code 2011 said...

This looks wonderful, good use of colors, love all the fresh fruit. I have made a similar cake decorated for Canada Day and one for the US on one of their special days. These can be a lot of fun and always first on the dessert table to go.

Unknown said...

great idea! i did a flag pizza.. my pics will be up soon! looks fantastic! forza italia

Anna said...

semplice, fresca e deliziosa! La si mangia con gli occhi, ma se volessi sostituire i kiwi (sono purtroppo allergica) cosa mi consigli? thanks a lot. Anna

Love your website!

Aurelio Barattini said...

Buongiorno Anna, per trovare un frutto verde come il kiwi e' veramente dura. Potresti usare dell'uva bianca o del melone bianco.. entrambi sono verdi chiari. Purtroppo non ho altre soluzioni da suggerirti. Saluti

Anna said...

Buongiorno Aurelio, grazie mille per il suggerimento. Mi piace molto l'idea dell' uva! A presto, Anna.

Elettra said...

Che bello essere italiani!!!!!!!

Unknown said...

wow you have nice idea out there. I love banana and strawberry very nutritious

Anonymous said...

Your blog is wonderful and your English is very polished! I make a dessert for American Independence Day that is disks of baked meringue, with layers of whipped cream and blueberries and strawberries in between! I love your "sweet" version of the Italian flag. One could argue that a insalata Caprses is the salad version?