Cassata Siciliana

Rum Syrup

• 40 gms water 1.4 oz
• 35 gms sugar 1.25 oz
• 40 gms rum if your Rum is about 40% alcohol, 1.4 oz

Marzipan

• 50 gms almond meal 1.75 oz
• 50 gms icing sugar 1.75 oz
• almond extract a few drops
• Liquid food coloring green
• water little

Sweet Ricotta Filling

• 800 gms ricotta cheese traditionally sheep’s milk ricotta, but I cannot fnd it here!, 1.75 lbs
• 480 gms granulated sugar 1 lb
• 70 gms dark chocolate chips 2.5 oz

Assembling the Cassata

• 1 sponge cake sliced horizontally into 3 discs, 24 cm / 9.5 inch
• 100 gms marzipan green, 3.5 oz
• Rum syrup
• ricotta cheese sweet filling

Decoration

• dark chocolate glaze made with 300 gms – 10.5 oz. icing sugar and a little water
• royal icing
• candied fruits cherries, red and green pears, half a mandarin, zuccata – Sicilian candied pumpkin
• silver cachous