
Torta della Rose
The Torta della Rose is a traditional Italian cake originating from the Lombardy region. The approximate cost per person is €1.25.It literally means 'rose tart', referring to the shape. This recipe is for about 4 people.
Ingredients
10gFresh yeast
500gBrioche flour
80gFine granulated sugar
250mlWhole milk, at room temperature
60gSoft butter
6gCinnamon powder
4gSalt
Vanilla aroma (a few drops)
Zest of 1 lemon and 1 orange
300gSoft butter
100gAlmond paste (in small cubes)
Milk
Whole egg
150gFruit mash pear
Cover jelly
Cointreau
Preparation
- Dissolve the yeast in the milk.
- Add vanilla aroma and zest to the milk.
- Sift the flour.
- Mix with the salt, sugar, and cinnamon powder.
- Put this in a machine with a dough hook.
- Turn on the machine and add the milk.
- Add the egg and mix until it forms a dough.
- Finally, gradually add the soft butter and mix until it forms a dough.
- Let the dough rise for 3 hours in a covered container at room temperature.
- Whip the butter together with the almond paste until light and fluffy in the stand mixer.
- Roll out the dough on a floured work surface. Tip: place the dough in the fridge for a while so it becomes a bit firmer.
- Make sure you have a nice rectangular sheet and roll it out to about '1 euro' thickness.
- Spread the dough with the almond paste butter and then with the pear fruit mash.
- Roll it up tightly.
- Cut the dough into pieces of about 3 x 4 cm.
- Place these in a baking tin.
- Cover with butcher's oil and let stand for another hour.
- Mix milk and whole egg (1 to 1).
- Brush the dough with this mixture.
- Bake the cake (uncovered) at 170°C for about 20 to 30 minutes (depending on thickness) until cooked and browned.
- Heat a little glaze with Cointreau (use 40% Cointreau relative to the weight of the glaze).
- Brush the cake with the 'Cointreau glaze' after it comes out of the oven.



