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Castagnaccio Recipe (Italian Chestnut Flour Cake)
Castagnaccio recipe, a typical Tuscan dessert made with chestnut flour, enriched with raisins, pine nuts, walnuts and rosemary. Only extra virgin olive oil and a little water. No eggs, no butter and no yeast.Castagnaccio is not one of those soft and airy breakfast cakes. This chestnut flour cake is moist, compact and unleavened.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
55 mins
Servings: 6
Calories: 317 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Italian
Ingredients
- 300 g chestnut flour 2 cups
- 380 ml water 1 ½ cups, cold
- 4 tablespoons granulated sugar optional
- 2 tablespoons olive oil extra virgin
- 2 tablespoons raisins
- 2 tablespoons pine nuts
- 2 tablespoons walnut kernels
- 2 prigs rosemary
- a pinch salt
Instructions
- Start making Castagnaccio recipe by soaking 2 tablespoons of raisins in cold water for about 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile toast 2 tablespoons of pine nuts in a non-stick frying pan.
- In a bowl sift 300 g (2 cups) of chestnut flour and add a pinch of salt.
- Add 4 tablespoons of granulated sugar (optional), if you want this dessert to be particularly sweet. Remember that chestnut flour already has a slightly sweet taste so the choice is entirely personal.
- Add 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and 380 ml (1 ½ cups) of cold water. You have to pour the water a little at a time. Keep stirring with a hand whisk to avoid the formation of lumps. You will have a smooth but not excessively liquid batter.
- Add 1 tablespoon of raisins, 1 tablespoon of the toasted pine nuts, 1 tablespoons of walnut kernels and then mix all together.
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF). Pour the batter into a 30 x 20 centimeter (12 x 8 inch) baking dish previously greased with a bit of oil.
- Spread evenly on top the remaining raisins, walnuts and pine nuts. Finish with some rosemary needles and a drizzle of olive oil.
- Bake for 35 minutes, until you see small cracks appear on the surface. Take the Castagnaccio out of the oven and let it cool in the pan before serving.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
100g
Calories
317kcal
(16%)
Carbohydrates
52g
(17%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
11g
(17%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
4g
Monounsaturated Fat
5g
Cholesterol
1mg
(0%)
Sodium
17mg
(1%)
Potassium
76mg
(2%)
Fiber
5g
(20%)
Sugar
19g
(38%)
Vitamin A
31IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
19mg
(21%)
Calcium
25mg
(3%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 317
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 100g | |
| Calories | 317kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 52g | 17% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 4g | 24% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 1mg | 0% |
| Sodium | 17mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 76mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 5g | 20% |
| Sugar | 19g | 38% |
| Vitamin A | 31IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 19mg | 21% |
| Calcium | 25mg | 3% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.