serves
12
prep
30 minutes
cook
1 hour
difficulty
Mid
serves
12
people
preparation
30
minutes
cooking
1
hour
difficulty
Mid
level
Ingredients
- 450 g (3 cups) plain four
- 110 g (½ cup) caster sugar
- 7 g (1 sachet) dried yeast
- good pinch of salt
- 1 whole egg, at room temperature
- 1 egg yolk, at room temperature
- 1 tsp natural vanilla extract or essence
- finely grated rind 1 orange
- 100 g butter, cubed
- 125 ml (½ cup) milk
- melted butter, to grease
- 1 extra egg, lightly whisked, to glaze
Filling
- 125 ml (½ cup) marsala
- 170 g (1 cup) seedless raisins, chopped
- 100 g hazelnuts, toasted and peeled (see Note)
- 100 g walnuts, toasted
- 50 g (⅓ cup) pine nuts, toasted
- 80 g savoiardi (sponge finger biscuits), broken into chunks
- 40 g (¼ cup) chopped glace orange rind or mixed peel
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder, sifted
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- finely grated rind of 1 lemon
- 1 tbsp honey
Resting time 2 hours
Instructions
Combine the flour, sugar, yeast and salt in a large mixing bowl and make a well in the centre. Whisk together the whole egg, egg yolk, vanilla and orange rind. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the milk and heat until just luke warm. Remove from the heat and add to the flour with the whisked egg mixture and use a wooden spoon and then your hands to mix to a soft dough.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 10 minutes or until smooth and elastic (see Note). Lightly grease a clean large bowl with the melted butter, add the dough and turn to coat the dough in the butter. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside in a warm, draught-free place for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
Meanwhile, to make the filling, heat the marsala and raisins in a small saucepan over a medium heat until almost simmering. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool.
Process the hazelnuts, walnuts and pine nuts in a food processor until chopped. Add the savoiardi biscuits and use the pulse button to process until the biscuits are crushed to a similar size as the nuts. Transfer to a bowl and add the glace orange rind, cocoa, cinnamon and lemon rind. Add the cooled raisin and Marsala mixture and the honey and stir to combine and form a coarse paste.
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a 20 cm springform tin with melted butter.
Punch the centre of the dough down with your fist and turn onto a lightly floured surface. Knead for 2-3 minutes or until smooth. Use a lightly floured rolling pin to roll out the dough to a rectangle about 30 x 50 cm. Spread the filling evenly over the dough, leaving a 2 cm boarder. Starting from a long side, roll the dough up to enclose the filling and pinch the ends to seal. Twist into the greased tin to form a coil. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside in a warm draught-free place for 1 hour or until risen by about one third.
Brush the top with the extra whisked egg and bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 160°C and bake for a further 40 minutes or until cooked through and sounds hollow when tapped on the base. Stand in the tin for 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool.
Serve at room temperature cut into wedges.
Note
• Alternatively you can knead the dough in a stand mixer with a dough hook on low speed for 6-8 minutes or until smooth and elastic.
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Photography by Alan Benson. Styling by Trish Heagerty. Food preparation by Wendy Quisimbung.
Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
