Gubana
Gubana recipe in the italian category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 recipe strudel pastry
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped roughly
- 1/2 cup hazelnuts, chopped roughly
- Zest of 1 lemon
- Zest of 1 orange
- 1/4 cup candied citron
- 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate pieces, roughly chopped
- 1/4 cup currants, soaked 1 hour in 1/2 cup verduzzo wine
- 2 eggs separated
- Yolks beaten until stiff
- 1/4 cup sugar
Recipe method:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and grease a cookie sheet.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine walnuts, hazelnuts, lemon zest, orange zest, candied citron, chocolate pieces, currants, soaking liquid and stir to combine.
- Add egg whites and 1/4 cup sugar and fold together.
- Roll pastry out to a 10 by 16-inch rectangle and position the longest side parallel to the work surface edge.
- Spoon the filling over the pastry evenly, leaving 2 inches uncovered at the north end.
- Roll the pastry up like a jelly roll from south to north so it appears to be a thick pipe.
- Make a circle of the pipe by attaching the two open ends like a wreath.
- Brush with beaten eggs yolks and sprinkle with remaining sugar.
- Place on cookie sheet and bake 50 minutes. Allow to cool before cutting.
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