Pastiera Napoletana Recipe (Italian Easter Grain Pie with Ricotta)
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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.
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Nutrition & ingredients
Ingredients
serves 10- 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)
At a glance
PER SERVING · TIME 885M
BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV
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- Prep
- 1h
- Cook
- 1h 45m
- Sodium
- 190mg
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving.
Vitamins & minerals
- Potassium
- 306mg
- Calcium
- 162mg
- Iron
- 2mg
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- PREP
- 60M
- SODIUM
- 190MG
- ESTIMATE
- COMPLETE
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.