Try something different with this deliciously sweet pasta cake flavoured with Amaretto liquor.
Ingredients
Method: How to make Pasticcio dolce with Amaretto
Place the raisins in a small bowl and pour over the Amaretto liquor. Leave to soak for 10 minutes.
Preheat the oven at 180ºC.
Peel, core and coarsely grate the apples. Place in a bowl and squeeze over the lemon juice so that they do not turn brown.
Line a 20x20cm loaf tin with baking parchment and lightly brush with oil.
In a large saucepan, cook the vermicelli in the salted boiling water. Drain and rinse under cold water. Set aside.
Meanwhile, in a large bowl lightly beat the eggs with the sugar. Add in the almonds, the orange zest and the raisins with the Amaretto liquor. At last fold in the pasta and the grated apples.
Pour the mixture in the loaf tin, cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes.
Once the 40 minutes are up, remove the foil, sprinkle with Demerara sugar and continue to bake for a further 10 minutes until lightly browned and crispy on top.
Rest the pasticcio out of the oven for 15 minutes. Serve at room temperature with a touch of cream.
