Today we will prepare a crumb cake typical of northern Italy, called Sbrisolona or Fregolota. These names may be bizarre, but they originate in the local dialect: in Mantua, "briciola" is called "brisa", while in Veneto it is called "fregola". Hence the name of the dessert! The main ingredients are white flour, yellow flour, sugar and almonds. To reduce the calories a little, I changed some doses compared to the traditional recipe!
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Identity Card of the Recipe
- 414 KCal Calories per serving
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Ingrediants
For pasta
- 100 g of white flour of type 00
- 100 g of yellow corn flour
- 100 g of almonds
- 60 g (1 medium) of eggs
- 50 g of butter
- 100 g of brown sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- Grated rind of untreated lemon
To serve
- 1 splash of grappa
Materials Needed
- Bowl
- Sieve
- Scale weighs food
- Mixer
- Pan with a diameter of 24 cm
- Grater
Preparation
- Combine about 80 g of almonds in the container of a blender. Blend until you get a powder.
- In a bowl, sift the white flour and combine the corn flour (it is advisable to prefer a type of fine-grained corn flour) with the almond flour, 80 g of brown sugar and salt. Flavor with grated lemon zest.
Did you know that
In this recipe we have slightly modified the original doses, reducing the amount of butter to 50 g (instead of 100) and using a whole egg instead of just the yolk.
It is possible to revisit the sbrisolona in a vegan way: in this case, it is advisable to replace the butter with homemade margarine and the egg with soy milk.- Add the butter at room temperature and mix it with the flours with your hands until you get a crumbly and sandy mixture.
- Mix everything with an egg (egg white and yolk): you will have to obtain a mixture of moist and coarse crumbs.
- Preheat the oven to 180 ° C.
- Line a hinged pan with a diameter of 24 cm with baking paper, then pour the mixture of crumbs, flattening it slightly by exerting gentle pressure with your hands: the surface should not be uniform. Finish by inserting the remaining whole almonds and sprinkling with brown sugar.
- Bake at 180 ° C (ventilated) for 20-25 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, allow to cool and arrange on a concave plate. Sprinkle a little grappa on the surface of the cake and, with a fist, break the sbrisolona into pieces. Serve the cake in irregular pieces.
Alice's comment - PersonalCooker
The sbrisolona is ready! It is a cake that, at least in my part of the world, is used to give to friends and relatives at Christmas (but I must admit that I love to prepare it even in the extra Christmas period!). Try it: it's delicious!Nutritional values and Health Comment on the recipe
The Sbrisolona is a food included in the group of desserts.
It has a high calorie intake, mainly provided by carbohydrates, followed by lipids and finally by proteins.
Carbohydrates are mainly complex (starch), unsaturated fatty acids and proteins of medium and high biological value.
Fibers are abundant and cholesterol is present in medium entity.
The Sbrisolona does not lend itself to the vegan diet, while it is allowed in the ovo-vegetarian diet.
It is not suitable for the diet against overweight, hyperglycemia (or type 2 diabetes mellitus) and hypertriglyceridemia; in case of hypercholesterolemia, it is advisable to eat it in small portions.
Contains lactose and gluten, which is why it should be excluded from the diet against related intolerances.
The average portion of Sbrisolona is about 20-30g (85-120kcal).
