Season: Winter
Ingredients – Serves 6
4 eggs
100 g of white spelt flour
100 g of brown/cane sugar
30 g of ghee (clarified butter)
1 tablespoon of rum or Marsala (optional)
1 pinch of rock salt
800 g of chestnut jam
1 teaspoon of Fruit Masala Virya®
dark chocolate chips (optional)
Method
In a bowl beat the egg yolks with the sugar, stirring constantly then add the softened butter, the sieved flour, 1 teaspoon of Fruit Masala Virya®, the pinch of salt and liquor.
At the side whisk the egg whites until stiff. Incorporate the egg whites in the dough and mix gently to obtain a creamy mixture.
Pour the mixture on a baking tray lined with baking paper and distribute it evenly. Bake at 180° C for around 10 minutes. Remove from the oven, place the dough with all the baking paper on a damp cloth, gently roll it on itself together with the paste and let it cool. In this way the dough is rolled into the shape of a small trunk.
Then unroll the dough, stuffing it with a part of the chestnut jam and roll it up again leaving it to rest on a rectangular flat surface and put it in the fridge.
Remove from the refrigerator 1 hour before serving it at the table, and coat with the remaining chestnut jam. If you like, you can add dark chocolate chips for decoration.