How to make
I suggest you prepare the most classic Italian pie with chestnuts and honey for connoisseurs. Your loved ones will like it for sure! This is a gluten-free recipe.
First of all, prepare the shortcrust pastry. If you have a planetary mixer, use it with dough attachments, instead of a stirrer.
First place the eggs and sugar in the bowl of the mixer and as soon as the mixture is mixed, add the chestnut flour, baking powder and vanilla.
Stir again and add the honey and butter, which is cut into pieces.
If you do not have a planetary mixer, carry on, by creating a classic well in the middle of the chestnut flour. First add the eggs with the sugar, which you will beat with a fork, then baking powder, vanilla, acacia honey and finally the butter pieces.
In both cases, knead, until the dough is obtained. If the dough is too soft, add a little white flour, until it becomes smooth and compact. Leave the dough to rest, wrapped in cling film, in the refrigerator for an hour.
Now prepare the filling for the sweet pie by mixing the ricotta with the acacia honey and the orange and lemon peel or dark chocolate chips in a bowl. Leave it to flavor well.
After an hour, take the dough out of the fridge, set aside a piece of dough, which we will need for decoration. Sprinkle the work surface with flour and roll out the dough with a well-floured rolling pin, until it reaches a thickness of about 5 mm.
Grease and flour a mold with a diameter of 10″ (26 cm) and place the base in the pan. You can use a square or round mold with this size.
Pierce the bottom of the pie with a fork and pour the ricotta filling inside.
Create the classic strips of dough, place them on the ricotta pie and bake it in a preheated oven at 360°F (180 degrees) for about 30 minutes, until the dough aquires a golden color. If desired, sprinkle it with nuts.
As soon as the Italian pie cools down completely, remove it from the mold and serve it! Enjoy an amazing chestnut pie!
Tip: when using chestnut flour, it softens faster than white flour, so it should be processed as little as possible.
