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Pangiallo laziale (Italian Christmas Cakes)

Total Time
49 min
20m prep · 29m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🌱 Vegan 🥬 Vegetarian 🥛 Dairy-Free 🥜 Nut-Free ✡️ Kosher

Pangiallo is a traditional Italian Christmas cake, originally from Rome. Dried fruits and nuts are mixed with oil, wine, and flour to create a humble yet tasty treat that is vegan to boot! Wrap in cellophane or Christmas paper and give as gifts to friends and family.

Ingredients

  • 1.25 cups chopped pitted prunes
  • 1.25 cups raisins
  • 0.75 cups whole almonds , skin removed
  • 0.75 cups chopped walnuts
  • 0.75 cups toasted hazelnuts
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar
  • 1 tablespoon orange marmalade
  • 2 tablespoons chopped candied orange peel
  • 0.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon , or to taste
  • 2 tablespoons white wine
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 0.75 cups all-purpose flour , or more as needed

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

  2. 2

    Combine prunes, raisins, almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, sugar, orange marmalade, candied orange peel, and cinnamon in a large bowl and stir to combine with a wooden spoon. Pour in wine and olive oil. Add flour and mix everything into a sticky dough, adding more flour if mixture does not stick together.

  3. 3

    Shape mixture into 8 similar sized logs with wet hands and place onto prepared baking sheet.

  4. 4

    Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

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