La torta all’olio di Enza, con arancia e mela (Italian & English)

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Posted on : 09-11-2010 | By : OlioVerde | In : Desserts, Gabriella Becchina (GaB), Olive Oil

OUR FAVORITE: COUSIN ENZA’S ORANGE & APPLE OLIVE OIL CAKE

Ingredients:

2 small sweet oranges (1 is enough if big)

2  whole eggs

1,5  (= 30cc, ca. 150 G-200g) glass  sugar  

3 (= 60cc, ca. 300 G) glasses of flour – half cake flour,  half durum flour (semolina but finer)
1 bag of baking powder (pane degli angeli incl. vanilla)

1  apple, washed, peeled and cored

½ (ca. 10cc volume = ca. 100 G) glass of bitter chocolate chips

½ (= ca. 10cc) glass of fresh extra virgin olive oil

powdered (icing) sugar for serving

 

LA TORTA ALL’OLIO DI CUGINA ENZA, CON ARANCIA E MELA

Ingredienti:

2 arance (dolci)

2  uova intere

1,5 (= 30cc, ca. 150 G-200g) bicchiere di zucchero

3 (= 60cc, ca. 300 G) bicchieri di farina metà tipo grano duro, e metà tipo “00”

1 bustina di lievito bertolino o pane degli angeli vanigliato

1 mela lavata, sbucciata e mondata

½ (ca. 10cc volume = ca. 100 G) bicchiere di cioccolato

½ (= ca. 10cc) bicchiere olio

zucchero a velo per servire


Preparation:

- purée coarsly in a blender the first 3 ingredients (removing pits from oranges and cutting them into big chunks, rind included)

NOTE: the oil can be added at this stage too, or later, see below; try both versions to see which one works best for you…

- blend / sift flour and baking powder together

- add the pureed mixture to the dry flour mixture

- add pieces of apple (medium sized pieces), the chocolate chips and the oil

- mix / beat very dynamically (the lightness of the cake depends on this beating energy and the quality and freshness of the oil)

- pour into a non-stick mould previously oiled and lightly dusted with flour and place into the oven

- place into the oven at 350 degrees F. for about 30-35min

- stick a toothpick into the centre of the cake to check if it is baked through (wood should come out clean)

- take mould out of the oven, let it cool for 30min, remove cake from mould, and dust with powdered sugar

- decorate with seasonal fresh fruit (pomegranate kernels; slices of orange or pink grapefruit; mandarin pulp; with whichever fruit strikes your fancy)

- ideally served with fresh fruit sorbet (apple and calvados sorbet; vanilla and cointreau gelato; “Gabriella’s green lemon jelly” sorbet with mint; plain white sorbet with milk or ricotta)


Procedimento:

- frullare quasi a purée ma non proprio i 3 primi ingredienti (rimuovere i semi dalle arance, non trattate, lavate e asciugate, e tagliate grossolanamente buccia inclusa)

NOTA: l’olio può essere aggiunta anche in questa fase (vedi sotto per l’alternativa); provare comunque entrambe le versioni…

- unire la farina al lievito

- unire il composto frullato al composto di farina

- aggiungere la mela spezzettata (pezzi medi), le scaglie di cioccolato e l’olio

- amalgamare molto energicamente (da questa forza, e dalla qualità e freschezza dell’olio dipenderà la leggerezza della torta)

- infornare a 180 gradi C. per 30-35 minuti circa

- con lo stuzzicadente verificarne la cottura (infilarlo al centro della torta e ritirarlo – se giunta a perfetta cottura, il legno risulterà asciutto)

- sfornare, lasciare raffreddare 30min, sformare, e cospargere di zucchero a velo

- accompagnare e decorare con frutta di stagione (cicchi di melograno; fettine d’arancia o di pompelmo rosa; filetti di manderino; a fantasia)

- ideale servito con sorbetto di frutta fresca (sorbetto mela e calvados; gelato vaniglia e cointreau; sorbetto di “gelée di limoni verdelli Gabriella’s” e menta; sorbetto bianco, di fior di latte o ricotta)


Alternative to icing sugar: serve glazed and stuffed with dairy-free lemon cream

125 G. water
150 G. sugar
30 G. starch
30 G. oil or butter
2 lemons (finely grated zest and juice)

- place all ingredients into a sauce pan and cook over low heat stirring until the glaze thickens (the glaze keeps thickening when it cools down too, so prepare it when the cake is done already, so as to avoid having to reheat the sauce to return it to a fluid spreadable state)

 

In alternativa allo zucchero a velo, servire con una crema al limone:

125 G. di acqua
150 G. di zucchero
30 G. di amido per dolci
30 G. di olio o burro
2 limoni da usare sia il succo che la buccia

- mettere tutto in un pentolino far cuocere a fuoco lento fin quando non si addensa il giusto per farcire e coprire la torta

 

Thank you Enza, for this wonderful invention, of which nobody can ever have enough, not even after the copious meals prepared together in one of your cooking classes!


Grazie Enza, per questa meravigliosa invenzione – di cui nessuno si può mai saziare, neanche dopo i copiosi pasti realizzati insieme durante i tuoi corsi di cucina!

 

GaB


Pictures taken from
Lucy Vanel (kitchen-notebook.blogspot.com) who shot them during an October 2008 “Gabriella’s Cooking Class” at Tenuta Pignatelli, Castelvetrano.

Further Becchina “Olive Oil Cake” recipes and comparative notes on a 8-recipe-versions trial cook-out to be posted soon… We’ll vote our best Olive Oil Cake recipe… We were also wondering how different really the same recipe would come out if baked by different people. Isn’t everyone just dying to know?

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