Italian Desserts: Scarcella, A Traditional Italian Dessert

Recipe

Dessert

Scarcella

By FDL

An Italian dessert eaten in Apulia region at Easter time: 'scarcella', a baked cake given to wish good luck and prosperity

Ingredients

Flour 500 g
Sugar 100 g
Baking powder 1/2 sachet
Lemon 1, the zest
Extra-virgin olive oil 100 ml
Milk 200 ml
Eggs 2
Salt A pinch

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Preparation time 20 m
Cooking time 30 m
Recipe category Dessert
Recipe yield 8
Recipe cuisine Italian

Preparation

Make a flour "well", and add the sugar, the baking powder, salt, lemon zest and extra-virgin olive oil. Pour the oil very slowly, mixing it with a fork.

Add slowly the warm milk until you have a smooth dough. Divide the dough into three parts, shape three bands, make a string and then a circle. Place a raw egg at the linking point of the bands.

Put the 'scarcella' on an oven dish, brush it with another egg and some water.

Add some granules of sugar and cook in the oven at 180°C for 30 minutes.