Italian Crown

10/12 slices

• Description

  A cake made with brioche bread dough, a thin layer of apricot jam and candied cherries; during the preparation, the dough is first twisted on itself and then closed into a ring. It is a very delicate and complicated process, but it results in a beautiful shape for this soft and special cake.
  
  Particularly suitable for the festivities for its beautiful scenic appearance as well as for its sweet flavour.
  
  Recommended pairings:
  - Aleatico, coffee or smooth grappas
  
  Once opened, store in a cool and dry place in the same tightly closed package.
  
  Our Specialties are packaged in a special breathable paper, ideal for preserving their freshness and artisanal qualities. They can be stored for 12 days from the date of production. The best before date and batch number are printed on the bottom of the package. We always ship our Specialties as fresh as possible, straight from the oven.

• History

  The recipe for this "rich" dessert was created by Ernesto Pandolfini around the 1930s; the candied cherries assorted inside the dough were green, white and red, in honor of the Italian flag.
  After a long suspension, mainly due to the complexity of its preparation, it was put back on sale in 2000, to celebrate the beginning of the new millennium.
  It is a traditional dessert, perfect for the festivities.
  It is only available in our historic shop in Prato and at our Bottega Museum in Florence.

• Ingredients

  Brioche dough: WHEAT flour, EGGS, BUTTER (MILK), sugar, brewer's yeast, salt.
  Filling: candied cherries (cherries, glucose syrup, fructose, citric acid E330, fruit and vegetable concentrate, caramel E150a, SULPHUR DIOXIDE (E220), brilliant blue E133), apricot jam (apricots, cane sugar, gelling agent: apple and lemon pectin, acidifier: citric acid).
  Topping: ALMONDS, sugar, EGG whites, WHEAT flour.
  
  May contain SOY, PISTACHIOS, HAZELNUTS, PEANUTS, MUSTARD AND OTHER TREE NUTS

• Sizes
  Diameter

  20 cm

  Height

  6 cm
• Nutrition declaration
  Average quantity for

  100

  g

  ENERGY

  1510

  kj

  357

  kcal

  FAT

  of which saturates

  6.5

  g

  3.1

  g

  CARBOHYDRATE

  of which sugars

  67

  g

  36

  g

  FIBRE

  5.1

  g

  PROTEIN

  5

  g

  SALT

  0.24

  g