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 !
