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Neapolitan Pastry

Neapolitan Pastry

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Naples' pastiera, an Easter cake: a sweet pastry filled with cooked wheat, ricotta, eggs, candied fruits, orange blossom, and cinnamon, and topped with wa…

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Recipe from Nnaluci, Xaura, Absinthe, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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The pastiera is the traditional Neapolitan Easter cake, a cornerstone of Neapolitan cuisine. The text ends with the mention of wheat cream; the rest of the text describes the traditional method.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time1 hr
  • Cook time1 hr 15 min
  • Resting1 hr
  • Total3 hr 15 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$26.82 $2.68 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 14, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

10 people

sweet pastry

  • $0.80
  • $0.16
  • $1.20
  • $1.85

Decoration

  • $9.54
  • $0.20
  • $0.39
  • $0.28
  • $2.86
  • $0.31
  • $2.39
  • $1.05
  • $5.79

Prices from US supermarkets for 9 of 13 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Quickly mix the flour, sugar, eggs, and butter together until a dough forms; wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
  2. Place the wheat in a saucepan with the milk, bacon, and a little lemon zest. Bring to a boil, stirring until you have a creamy consistency. Let cool.
  3. Combine the ricotta and sugar, then add the eggs and yolks one at a time, along with the vanilla, orange blossom water, cinnamon, and chopped candied fruit. ≈ 4 min
  4. Add the chilled wheat cream.
  5. Preheat the oven to 180 °C and grease a 28 cm round baking tin with butter, then line it with two-thirds of the dough.
  6. Pour the filling and arrange the strips of dough in a criss-cross pattern. ≈ 3 min
  7. Bake for approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until the pastiera is golden brown, then let it cool in the oven with the door ajar.

The bill

Neapolitan Pastry

  • 500 g of flour$0.80
  • 200 grams of sugar$0.16
  • 3 eggs$1.20
  • 200 g of butter (or lard)$1.85
  • 580 g of cooked wheat (cooked wheat)$9.54
  • 200 ml of milk$0.20
  • 40 g of bacon$0.39
  • the zest of a lemon$0.28
  • 500 g of ricotta$2.86
  • 400 g of sugar$0.31
  • 6 eggs$2.39
  • 3 egg yolks$1.05
  • 1 vanilla sachet$5.79

Total$26.82

that's $2.68 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Ingredients

  • 500 g of flour
  • 200 grams of sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 200 g of butter (or lard)
  • 580 g of cooked wheat (cooked wheat)
  • 200 ml of milk
  • 40 g of bacon
  • the zest of a lemon
  • 500 g of ricotta
  • 400 g of sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1 vanilla sachet
  • 1 bottle of orange blossom water
  • Half a packet of cinnamon
  • 150 g of candied fruit

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