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First communion cake – ‘s recipe – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

First prepare the sponge cake: whisk the eggs, at room temperature, with the sugar and vanilla for at least 10 minutes, they should triple in volume.
Then incorporate the flour, previously sifted, 3 times, mixing delicately with a spatula with movements from bottom to top.
Transfer the mixture into the buttered and floured mold and cook for approximately 35-40 minutes in a static oven preheated to 180°C.
Once cooked, invert it onto a wire rack and leave to cool completely.

In the meantime, move on to the cream: mix the egg yolks with the sugar and vanilla, then add the cornflour and then the heated milk.
Transfer the mixture into a saucepan and cook over a low heat, stirring constantly to avoid lumps forming, until the mixture is thick and smooth.
Move the cream into a low, wide container, cover with cling film and leave to cool completely.

Prepare the syrup by bringing the water with lemon and sugar to the boil, then leave to cool and finally filter.

While the various elements are cooling you can start preparing the decorations with the sugar paste, on the work surface dusted with icing sugar: follow the step by step photos to create the bows.

Proceed with the calla lily flowers.

Complete with the final details: the stems of the calla lilies, the ribbons of the bows, the tag.

When the cream has cooled, whip the cold cream and add it to the cream (leave aside only a few tablespoons of cream), mixing delicately with a bottom-up motion.

Clean the strawberries and cut them into rounds.

Take the sponge cake and cut it in half horizontally to create 2 discs.
Wet the base of the cake placed on the serving plate with the syrup, then fill with the cream and strawberries, then cover with the second disc and wet this too.

Cover the cake with a thin layer of whipped cream (the one left aside), then proceed to cover it with a thin layer of sugar paste.
Cut off the excess along the edges and use them to create a decorative ribbon that you will place at the base, making it adhere by brushing a little water on the surface.

At this point you can arrange the various sugar paste decorations on the surface.

The first communion cake is ready, all you have to do is serve it.

Recipe Passatelli with saffron in fish broth – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

The fish broth and saffron passatelli is a first course created by chef Matias Perdomo, a Michelin star with the Contraste restaurant in Milan, which combines two traditional regional preparations, one typical of the Romagna Riviera, the other of Emilia.

To make this dish you will have to brown the fillets in a pan hen and of mulletThe squid in touches and tails of escapeWhile bones and heads you will use them to do the broth. For the passatelli you will have to knead breadcrumbs, eggs, parmesan, saffron, lemon zest and nutmeg and shape the dough by passing it through a potato masher with large holes or through the iron specially designed for passatelli if you have one. You will then cook the passatelli in the broth with the fish for a few minutes and complete with parsley.

Also discover: Passatelli by Doctor Balanzone, Passatelli with seafood, Passatelli from grandmother Ancella, Brodetto of fish, crustaceans and molluscs.

Rösti recipe of potatoes and gorgonzola bechamel – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

THE Rosti they are a typical Swiss preparation based on potatoes that come grated and compacted in pancakes to be cooked in a pan until you obtain a golden crust. They are traditionally combined with eggs for a complete single dish but if served with accompanying saucesthey can also become a tasty treat appetizers.

In today’s recipe we offer you i rösti with a béchamel sauce gorgonzola Dop, a cheese that is one of the most loved Italian excellences, even abroad, where it is exported from Europe to the United States, up to the East and Australia). He was born in the 9th century, apparently in Lombard town of the same name, near Milan: according to legend, a shepherd hid some cow cheese in a cave to protect it from thieves. Months later he found it with the characteristic veins, given by the typical blue mold.

Also discover these recipes: Potato and carrot rosti with gorgonzola mousse, Rösti, eggs and bacon, Potato rosti with sautéed peppers, Potato rosti with trout fillet, Rösti lollipops.