Panforte italian christmas pie

10 servings
1 hour

Ingredients.

In dried figs, cut into dense ponytails and cut into small cubes with the chicken.

Place the nuts in a dry frying pan and fry over a low heat until lightly golden and until rich with a nutty aroma. By the way, almonds can be pre-peeled, but this is not at all necessary.

In a deep container, combine the fried nuts and chopped dried fruits.

Add the sifted flour and gingerbread spices to them (I used a mixture of cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg, but you focus on your taste, you can only take cinnamon).

Mix everything well.

Make the syrup. To do this, combine water, sugar and liquid honey in a deep saucepan.

Place the pan on a medium heat, stirring to bring the syrup to the boil (the sugar should completely dissolve) and boil it for 2-3 minutes.

Remove the syrup from the heat and, preventing it from cooling, immediately pour into the mixture of nuts and dried fruits.

Stir the dough until smooth with a wooden spoon or spatula. The mass is very dense and viscous, so if suddenly it is not possible to knead with a spoon, then let the mass cool a little (so as not to burn your hands) and knead the dough for Panforte with your hands.

Make a shape with a diameter of 20 cm of high-quality (it is very important that the paper is really good, since such a pie sticks very easily and then it will be extremely difficult to separate it from the paper!) With baking paper. Grease the paper with a thin layer of vegetable oil. Put the dough in the prepared form and use your hands or shoulder blade to flatten its surface.

Preheat the oven to 150 C and bake Panforte for 30 minutes, during which time the pie should compress and the edges slightly dry. Remove the finished cake from the oven and let it cool completely (I leave it on the grill immediately in the tin).

Remove the cooled cake from the tin and sprinkle generously with icing sugar.

That's it, Panforte's Italian Christmas pie is ready. If desired, you can wrap it in paper and store it in a cool place for 6 months.

Cut it into thin pieces and serve it to the table! Enjoy your meal!