Recipes from Italy· by Barbara Felicità Lucchini★ 5.0 (4)

Pastiera Napoletana Recipe (Italian Easter Grain Pie with Ricotta)

Name: Pastiera Napoletana Recipe (Italian Easter Grain Pie with Ricotta)
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 105 min
Total time: 885 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: italian
Ingredients: 400 g all-purpose flour or Italian 00 flour (- 3 ¼ cups); 180 g granulated sugar (- about 1 cup); 180 g unsalted butter (- ¾ cup, at room temperature); 3 medium eggs; 1 pinch fine salt; 300 g cooked wheat berries (grano cotto) (- 10 oz); 200 ml whole milk (- ⅘ cup); 1 orange peel; 1 lemon peel; 30 g unsalted butter (- 2 tablespoons); 400 g whole milk ricotta (- 1 ½ cups, well drained); 300 g granulated sugar (- 1 ½ cups); 2 egg yolks; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 tablespoons orange blossom water; 50 g candied citron (- ⅓ cup); 50 g candied orange (- ⅓ cup)

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 10 · 14h 45m total

Servings

Calories

33% of a 2,000 cal day

659KCAL

Protein

12g24% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat25g

32%

Saturated14g

72%

Unsaturated10g

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Total Carbs99g

36%

Fiber3g

Total Sugars58g

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incl. Added Sugars48g

96%

Starch39g

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Sodium127mg

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

Pastiera Napoletana is a traditional Italian Easter grain pie filled with ricotta, wheat berries, and fragrant orange blossom water. The texture is uniquely creamy with tender grains, and the flavor is delicate and aromatic with citrus notes. It's a symbolic dessert for Easter celebrations in Neapolitan homes.

Ingredients

10 SERVINGS

400 gall-purpose flour — 3¼ cup, or Italian 00 flour
180 ggranulated sugar — 1 cup
180 gunsalted butter — at room temperature, ¾ cup
3medium eggs
1 pinchfine salt
300 gcooked wheat berries (grano cotto) — 10 oz
200 mlwhole milk — 0.8 cup
1orange peel
1lemon peel
30 gunsalted butter — 2 tbsp
400 gwhole milk ricotta — well drained, 1½ cup
300 ggranulated sugar — 1½ cup
2egg yolks
½ tspground cinnamon
2 tbsporange blossom water
50 gcandied citron — ⅓ cup
50 gcandied orange — ⅓ cup

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Method

14h 45m total

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