Pastiera Napoletana

Ingredients

• 9/16 cup butter unsalted cold
• 2 cups flour
• 1 whole egg
• 1 yolk
• 1 lemon
• 7/8 cup icing sugar
• 1 5/16 cups wheat berries cooked, or pearl barley – you will need about 100 grams if using uncooked
• 7/8 cup milk
• 2 1/8 tablespoons butter
• 1 3/8 cups ricotta fresh, from sheep and cow’s milk, if you can get a mixture of both
• 2 15/16 cups caster sugar
• 2 yolks
• 2 whole eggs
• 9/16 cup citrus fruit mixed candied, such as citron – my preference – or orange, finely chopped
• 1 lemon organic
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence or 1 vanilla bean pod
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon orange blossom water
• icing sugar powdered sugar for dusting, optional

Nutrition

• Calories : 1470 calories
• Carbohydrate : 224 grams
• Cholesterol : 450 milligrams
• Fat : 53 grams
• Fiber : 14 grams
• Protein : 35 grams
• SaturatedFat : 30 grams
• Sodium : 400 milligrams
• Sugar : 116 grams