In the original Italian version, the Easter cake It has sugar syrup and citrus flavor, but we kept the recipe sweet and truffle. In this recipe the dessert is covered in chocolate, decorated with fruit, and has a chocolate filling mixed with rum. There’s no way anyone could create a flaw, right?
With the classic pigeon shape, the typical Easter bread is essential to make Sunday more special for the whole family. So, learn how to prepare the recipe in advance and make the perfect dove:
Truffled Easter Colomba
Time: 3 hours
Performance: 2 servings
Difficulty: average
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of hot milk
- 2 organic yeast tablets (15g)
- 5 cups (tea) of wheat flour
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup (tea) sugar
- Dried fruit to taste for decoration
Filling
- 1kg of melted semi-sweet chocolate
- 2 cans of cream
- 1 glass of rum
Roof
- Melted chocolate to taste
Preparation method:
- In a bowl put half the milk, the yeast, 1 cup (tea) of wheat flour and mix well.
- Wrap with cling film and leave to rise for 30 minutes.
- Add the remaining milk, eggs, sugar, mix well and add the remaining flour until it no longer sticks to your hands while kneading.
- Work the dough well and then divide it into 2 parts.
- Place in dove moulds, cover with a cloth and leave to rise for 45 minutes.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes or until cooked through and lightly browned.
- Remove from the oven, let cool and unmold.
- With a knife, cut a lid on the colomba and with the help of a spoon detach the dough from the inside, thus forming a hole.
- Mix the melted chocolate with the cream and rum in a bowl and divide it between the two jugs.
- Place the dough taken over the truffle and press well to position the lid of the dove.
- Spread the melted chocolate over the top and decorate with dried fruit to serve later.
Source: Terra
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