Trentino Alto Adige – Zelten Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 9 oz dried figs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 oz butter
• 2 oz nuts
• 2 oz raisins
• 2 oz pine nuts
• 2 oz peeled almonds
• 2 oz hazelnut
• 3 eggs
• 1 glass of water
• 2 teaspoons of Yeast
• Rum or grappa shot

Direction

Cut dried fruits, raisins and nuts. Let them marinate in rum or grappa for at least 1 hour.  Mix egg yolks and ½ cup of sugar. Add flour and yeast. In the meantime melt butter in a large bowl and gradually add hot water. Mix butter, flour and dried fruits. Beat the albumens and mix them with ½ cup of sugar. Amalgamate all ingredients.

Baking

Put the dough in our Happy Day aluminium tray. Cover the top with nuts, almonds and pine nuts. Add a thin drizzle of egg yolk and bake it for about 90 minutes at 320F.

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