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Fregolata Veneziana

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 12 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup 93g / 3.3ozRaw almonds
1/2 cup 99g / 3.5ozGranulated sugar
7 tablespoons 105mlUnsalted butter - melted and
2   Egg yolks
2 teaspoons 10mlLemon juice
  Grated zest of 1 lemon
1 teaspoon 5mlVanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlAlmond extract
7/8 cup 54g / 1.9ozFine yellow cornmeal
3/4 cup 46g / 1.6ozAll-purpose flour

Recipe Instructions

pn Salt 1/4 c Raw almonds or skinned -toasted hazelnuts coarsely -chopped 2 tb Turbinado sugar

Grind the almonds to a coarse powder in a nut grinder or a mortar and pestle, or grind them and 2-3 tablespoons of the granulated sugar in a blender or food processor fitted with a steel blade to a coarse powder. add the remaining sugar and process to a very fine powder.

Transfer to a mixer or a large mixing bowl and beat in butter until blended. Add the egg yolks, lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla and almond extracts and mix until well blended, Sift the cornmeal, flour and salt over the almond mixture and stir until the dough comes together.

It is important not to overwork the dough. Butter an 8 or 9 inch pie plate. Spread dough in the pan, using your fingers to distribute the dough to edge.

Sprinkle with almonds and turbinado sugar.

Heat oven to 350F. Bake for 20 minutes. Reduce the heat to 300Fand bake for 20 minutes longer.

Cool completely on a rack and cut into wedges to serve.

Source:
Suzanne J Sams, 1023346,416 Formatted by Lisa Crawford, Easter 1996

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