Il casatielo napoletano Neapolitan Easter bread
Il casatielo napoletano Neapolitan Easter bread

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The casatiello is a savory filled Neapolitan Easter bread that nonna Galasso made from memory. For her it held all the symbolism of faith. Casatiello derives from case, which in Neapolitan dialect means "cheese", because of the use of cheese in the dough and in the filling.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have il casatielo napoletano neapolitan easter bread using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Il casatielo napoletano Neapolitan Easter bread:
  1. Make ready 600 g flour
  2. Prepare 15 g active yeast
  3. Make ready 200 g lard
  4. Make ready 300 ml water at room temperature
  5. Prepare 200 g salame - chopped
  6. Get 300 g scamorza cheese - chopped
  7. Take 50 g Parmesan
  8. Make ready 50 g Pecorino
  9. Get 4 eggs + 1 egg yolk
  10. Make ready Lots of black pepper
  11. Make ready Teaspoon salt (don't over do it)
  12. Make ready 24 cm round baking tray and a ramekin

Casatiello is the most famous Easter bread in Italy. Typical of Naples, it is served on Easter morning with cheese and cured meat. It's a rich bread made with rustic ingredients as the tradition calls for, and is decorated with the classic All Reviews for Casatiello Napoletano (Easter Bread from Naples). This recipe is steeped in Neapolitan tradition: It's made the day after the big Easter feast, as a way to use up leftover cheese and meat.

Steps to make Il casatielo napoletano Neapolitan Easter bread:
  1. Prepare the ingredients
  2. Mix yeast in the water and leave for 5 minutes. Add flour to a bowl. Slowly add about half of the water and bring together. Add 50 g of the lard, salt and pepper. Continue adding the rest of the water while bringing together and forming a dough. Knead well. Cover with cling film and leave to proof for an hour
  3. After an hour. Put the dough between 2 pieces of parchment paper and roll it out with a rolling pin, rectangle shape. Spread a tablespoon of lard on top, use a spatula or your hands. Sprinkle with black pepper. Add a spoonful of the Parmesan and Pecorino. Fold up lengthwise
  4. Then like a parcel. Put the parchment paper back on top. Roll out rectangle shape (about 40 CM long) and repeat process twice more until lard and cheese is finished. Then roll out for final time, 40cm long. Cut a tiny piece of dough off each end and set a side. Add the chopped salame and scamorza cheese
  5. Roll up like a sausage. Get a 24cm round baking tray and a ramekin. Grease it well. Add the dough inside and squish it down gently to take the shape doughnut shape. Cover with cling film and leave to proof for at least 3 hours or overnight, I left it overnight because the flavours mix better
  6. The next day. Wash and dry 4 eggs, raw, not boiled. Place inside as shown. Take the tiny piece of saved dough and create a cross over each one. Take the yolk of the 5th egg and glaze all over. Bake at 160 for 1 hour. Test it's cooked using a toothpick. Eat on Easter Sunday and Monday. Take the egg out, shell it, and eat with the bread as a starter 😊😍

The casatiello is a Neapolitan Easter Bread with cheese and salami to be made for Easter. It's a really traditional recipe just like the pastiera or every other recipe you can find by clicking here. It's prepared on God Friday to be eaten the days after and it also nice to be eaten for Easter Monday. Casatiello is a traditional Easter celebratory special bread of Naples. It is a rich brioche type of dough made with eggs and butter that is studded throughout with cheese and salami.

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