COLOMBA DI PASQUA Fatta in Casa - Ricetta Facile - Fatto in Casa da Benedetta

Easter colomba made at home. During the Easter period, it is one of the most requested recipes, and so today the Let's do it together. In a bowl, I have prepared 550 g of flour, half type 00 and half Manitoba. Add a 7 g packet of Mastro Fornaio Pane Angeli yeast. Let's give it a good mix. In another bowl, we break two eggs. I'll use this other egg: I'll put the yolk in the dough and save the white for decoration later. Add 150 g of sugar and the grated zest of one orange. To add flavor, we also add two teaspoons of almond extract. Let's give it a first stir. Then we add 150 g of milk at room temperature, 70 g of melted butter. Let's stir once more, then gradually add the flour. Mix it first with a fork, and then, once the dough becomes firmer, mix it with your hands. When the dough becomes more consistent, we continue working it on the countertop. Add the rest of the flour, Let's stretch it out well, We place it above the dough and continue kneading. The more we work the dough at this stage, the better it becomes. What I recommend you do is the gesture our grandmothers used to make, that is to say, the one of Press the paste with this part of the hand, making a kind of folds. After finishing kneading, we shape it into a sort of ball and place it in a bowl Let's put a cross over it And we cover it with plastic wrap. Now we let the dough rise until it doubles in volume. It will take about two hours, maybe two and a half hours. I usually put it in the oven with the Lucina ascended. The dough has risen; let's remove the plastic wrap. At this point, we turn it upside down onto the work surface. And let's stretch it out well. Put in the chocolate chips. I use large chocolate chips. dark angel bread. We put it on top and press it slightly. Let's resume a side And then the other one as well. And then I'll add a few more chocolate drops up here. I did this step because so they are distributed evenly inside the dove because If we put it on top and then knead it again, there might be a spot where more of it fits. Chocolate drops and a region where there are no chocolate drops. Slightly press down Then we fold the dough in the other direction. a handkerchief We round it off to form a ball. With a knife, we cut the dough in half. We set half of it aside, close the other half slightly, and then create A kind of filoncino. It will be the body of our dove. Okay, we've made the body. Now we take a paper mold for A 1-kilogram colomba. It measures about 33 centimeters, and we place the body inside. If it doesn't quite reach the tip, don't worry because It rises again later. Take this other half, and divide it into two. Here we close it tightly so the drops stay in place, and we make a Kind of a slightly elongated pallet because we have to make the wing. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise again for about an hour. I put it back in the oven with the light on. While the dove rises, we prepare everything needed for the decoration. So we resume the album we had set aside. We will need 70 grams of almonds, 50 for the class and 20 for decoration. We chop the almonds with the food processor. We pour it directly into the egg white bowl and add 60 grams of powdered sugar. Mix everything together with a teaspoon. Our frosting is ready; it should come out like this. The colomba is risen, so we remove the plastic wrap and place this on top. the glass we prepared. With the teaspoon, we put in a little, then we widen it. Let's also put on the almonds we set aside. Let's finish decorating with the sugar crystals, and let's use plenty. We bake it at 160 degrees with a fan oven for 50 minutes. And here it is, look how beautiful! Before cutting it, I'll give you a few small tips. This dove-shaped cake is also delicious with a chocolate coating. In this case, we cook it without the almond glaze on top. Once baked, we decorate it with cocoa glaze, angel bread and a good amount of sugar crystals. With the same amount, we can also make two 500-gram doves that we can bake in the oven at 160 degrees for 40 minutes or in a refrigerator with air circulation 140 degrees for 35 minutes. And they are also very nice to give as gifts. One last thing, if you don't have a dove-shaped parchment mold for this dough You can make a beautiful cake. Simply use a round mold with a diameter of 24 centimeters. Now let's cut it open and see what's inside. A taste! Excellent! With this, I think you'll really impress everyone at Easter, so give it a try! Hello and Happy Easter!