Stuffed Pastries from the Marches

Name: Stuffed Pastries from the Marches
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 1/3 cups all-purpose flour; 5 egg yolks, beaten; 1 cup butter, softened; 1 1/4 cups sugar; grated lemon zest; 3 egg yolks; 1 1/4 cups sugar; 1 pinch ground cinnamon; 1 grated lemon, zest of; 1 cup rum; 3 ounces semisweet chocolate, grated; 3 ounces shelled almonds, ground; 1 lb ricotta cheese

Submitted by Perfect Pixie

"In the ranks of Italian filled sweet pastries the piconi marchigiani have a place of their own as dessert, breakfast food and treat for afternoon tea, so what are you waiting for, you know you want to"

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Ready In:: 35mins
Ingredients:: 13
Serves:: 6

ingredients

For Pastry
4 ¹⁄₃ cups all-purpose flour
5 egg yolks, beaten
1 cup butter, softened
1 ¹⁄₄ cups sugar
grated lemon zest
For Filling
3 egg yolks
1 ¹⁄₄ cups sugar
1 pinch ground cinnamon
1 grated lemon, zest of
1 cup rum
3 ounces semisweet chocolate, grated
3 ounces shelled almonds, ground
1 lb ricotta cheese

directions

FOR PASTRY:
Heap the flour on a board and make a well in the center.
Put in the egg yolks, butter, sugar and a little lemon zest.
Knead quickly to obtain medium-soft dough.
Roll into a ball, wrap in plastic and chill for 1 hour.
FOR FILLING:
In a bowl, beat the egg yolks (reserving a little for brushing the pastries), sugar, cinnamon, lemon zest, rum, chocolate and almonds into the ricotta.
The mixture should be thick.
Roll the dough out thinly.
Cut into 3 in circles.
Put 1 teaspoon of the filling in the center of each circle and fold the dough over into a half-moon shape, pressing with your fingers to seal the edges well.
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
Put the pastries onto a buttered baking sheet and brush them with the reserved beaten egg.
Bake in the oven until a toothpick inserted into one of them comes out dry.
about 20 minutes.

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