Castagnaccio, a Tuscan chestnut cake is one of my Autumn favorite cake. Tow days ago I have been in Siena for job and it was quite cold, the first roast chestnut vendors was popping at every corner. The smell of roast chestnut was incredible good and this morning I couldn’t resist to do not prepare the Castagnaccio cake.
The Castagnaccio cake is a typical Tuscan cake that is prepared with chestnut flour. For this cake you need to get few ingredients. Castagnaccio cake is also perfect for you If you are intolerant or if you follow a diet because it contains no milk, no eggs, no wheat flour. Castagnaccio chestnut cake is a gluten free cake, sugars free cake, yeast free cake and butter free cake. IT’S A PROTEIN CAKE. I’m sure you are thinking right now … How is made this cake ?? 🙂 The sweetness is made from the chestnut flour.
Since you do not add sugar to the batter, the chestnut flour should be sweet and tasty on its own.
If you have never tried it, I strongly urge you to prepare it also because it takes 5 minutes to make it and without an electric mixer.
Ingredients
- 50 graisin ((1 3/4 oz))
- 1 spoonvin santo ((italian sweet wine))
- 250 gchestnut flour ((2 cups))
- 400 mlwater ((1 ½ cups))
- 1 pinchsalt
- 1 sprigrosemary
- 50 gwalnut ((1 3/4 oz))
- 20 gpine nuts ((3/4 oz))
- 2 spoonsolive oil
First preheat the oven to 175°C (350°F).
Soak the raisins in warm water with a tablespoon of vinsanto (if you don’t have the vinsanto you can also use a sweet wine like a cherry wine or prunes wine).
Add the chestnut flour and salt to a bowl. Pour in the water a little at a time, stirring continuously to prevent lumps.
Squeezed the raisin and Add in the batter.
Add half of the pie nuts, then stir again.
Grease a 10-inch/26 cm round baking dish with one spoon of extra virgin olive oil and pour in the batter.
Sprinkle with the remaining pine nuts, then add the rosemary needles.
Drizzle with one spoon of extra virgin olive oil and bake for about 25 to 30 minutes until the chestnut cake is dry on the top and covered with fine lines. Serv the Castagnaccio cake cold. I love to eat with a glass of Vin santo but it’s very nice also togheter with a cup of hot chocolate.
Enjoy by Lidia!