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This is an authentic San Marino dessert cake, studded with a variety of fruit. In the past it was cooked not in the oven but in the fireplace between two fires which means in a heavy copper pan, which had a concave lid in which live hot coals were placed so it had heat from above as well as from below. Read more . It is intended for serving in small pieces along with a sweet dessert wine. Ingredients:
1/2 cup fine cornmeal |
2 cups flour |
1 2/3 cups fresh breadcrumbs |
1/2 teaspoon of coarse salt |
3 eggs |
1/4 cup olive oil |
2 cups milk |
5 tbsp honey |
1 lb peeled, cored and diced firm apples |
3.5 oz diced dried figs |
3.5 oz raisins |
grated zest of 1 lemon |
grated zest of 1 orange |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease a 9x13” baking dish.
2. Blend the cornmeal, flour, breadcrumbs, salt, eggs and oil.
3. Blend in the milk and honey, stirring well.
4. Add the diced apples, figs, raisins and grated peel, folding in gently.
5. Bake 50 to 60 minutes.
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