Ciaramiglia

Ingredients for 4 people:

• 5 eggs
• 750 grs flour
• 30 grs brewer’s yeast
• 1 packet baking powder
• 2 glasses milk
• 300 grs sugar
• 120 grs butter
• 50 grs aniseeds (rinsed and soaked in vinsanto)
• a pinch of salt
• grated lemon peel
• raisins
• 100 grs candied fruits
• juice of 2 oranges
• 1 glass sambuca
• sugar sprinkles

Preparation:

Dissolve brewer’s yeast and baking powder in lukewarm milk and melted butter. Whisk eggs with sugar and add salt, flour, raisins, candied fruits, drained aniseeds, orange juice and a glass sambuca. Stir mixture and add milk with yeast. Continue stirring mixture until it is well creamy and let leaven (after pouring mixture in a high edged baking pan) in a warm place for about an hour. Put into the oven at 180° for about 40 minutes, turn out of the pan, brush with an egg and decorate with sugar sprinkles.