The Danubio cake is a typical recipe from Campania, which can be prepared in a sweet or savory version, characterized by soft stuffed balls to be enjoyed with friends
Ingredients
- 500 g flour 0
- 150 g cooked ham
- 150 g provolone
- 100 g butter
- 15 g fresh brewer's yeast
- 10 g sugar
- 10 g salt
- 2 eggs
To prepare the Danubio della Campania cake, mix the flour with 1 egg, the sugar, the soft butter, the salt and the yeast dissolved in 200 g of warm water, until it is well homogeneous. Cover the dough and put it in the fridge for 12 hours.
Roll out then with a rolling pin about 5 mm thick and cut out disks of 8 cm in diameter. Knead the scraps again, roll out the dough and cut it out, until it runs out. You will get 35 diskettes.
Chop the ham and the provolone and mix them.
Place a small nut of this mixture in the center of the disks and close them forming as many balls; arrange them in a hinged mold (ø 24 cm) in concentric circles, starting from the center.
brush them with 1 beaten egg and let them rise in a covered place for 1 hour, until the balls are joined, forming a cake; brush it again with the egg and bake it at 175 ° C for about 40 minutes.
Remove from the oven the Danube cake, turn it out and serve it warm.
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