Italian Easter cake - Columba recipe with photos step by step

Ingredients

	The first dough
	Flour — 200 gr + 1 tbsp.l. 1 tbsp. l. for sourdough
	Warm water — 70 ml + 2 tbsp.l. 2 tbsp. l. for starter culture
	Raw yeast — 15 grams
	Chicken egg — 1 pc.
	Yolks — 2 pcs .
	Sugar — 50 g
	Butter — 50 gr
	The second dough
	The first dough — made earlier
	Chicken egg — 1 pc.
	Chicken yolk — 2 pcs .
	Flour — 100 gr
	Sugar — 60 g
	Salt — to taste
	Butter — 100 gr
	Emulsion — prepared earlier
	Vanilla — to taste
	Candied fruits — half a cup or to taste, you can not put
	Emulsion
	Butter — 1 tbsp.l.
	Honey — 1 tbsp.l.
	Liqueur — 1 tbsp.l.
	Lemon and orange zest — from 1 lemon + 1 orange
	White chocolate — 3-4 slices
	Glaze
	Sugar — 120 g
	Crushed almond nuts — 75 gr. you can take almond flour
	Chicken protein — 1 CO or 2 small
	Cocoa — 35 g
	Starch — 30 g
	For decoration
	Almonds — a handful (for decoration)

Columba is made from several types of dough. In addition, a special shape is required for the dish, in the form of a «cross» or «dove». It can be made from foil folded in several layers.

70 ml + 2 tbsp.l. Warm water 2 tbsp. l. for starter culture

15 grams of raw yeast

1 PC. Chicken egg

2 pcs. Yolks

50 g Sugar

50 g Butter

The second dough

the first dough made earlier

1 PC. Chicken egg

2 pcs. Chicken yolk

100 g Flour

60 g Sugar

Salt to taste

100 g Butter

previously prepared Emulsion

Vanilla to taste

you can not put half a glass or candied fruits to taste

Emulsion

1 tbsp Butter

1 tbsp honey

1 tbsp liqueur

with 1 lemon + 1 orange Zest of lemon and orange

3-4 slices of white chocolate

Glaze

120 g Sugar

75 gr Chopped almonds, you can take almond flour

1 CO or 2 small chicken protein

35 g of cocoa

30 g Starch

For decoration

a handful (for decoration) Almonds

How to cook Italian Easter cake — Columba

Do you want to cook something really unusual? Then this recipe for Italian cake «Columba» is the perfect option for you. But get ready for difficulties — this recipe will make you show all your culinary talents, but the amazing taste will be a great reward!

Step-by-step recipe

1.	Add a spoonful of flour and a couple of spoonfuls of warm water to the yeast — leave the starter to infuse for 30 minutes. Add 200 grams of flour, a couple of yolks and a whole egg. Then we mix 50 grams of sugar and a quarter of a pack of butter and 70 ml of water. Knead for 20-30 minutes, until a tender dough is obtained. Covering it with a film, we leave it to infuse for 6-8 hours — the dough should come up and increase three times.
2.	While we make a fragrant emulsion. To do this, melt a spoonful of butter together with honey. Add the chocolate there and pour in the liquor while stirring. Then remove the zest from the lemon and add it to the emulsion. Let it cool down and send it to the refrigerator.
3.	The second dough will be infused for an hour. To prepare it, take the first dough, 1 whole egg and a couple of yolks, 100 grams of flour, and 60 grams of sugar. Add a little salt and gradually add half a pack of oil, the previously made emulsion and vanilla. Stir the dough until it becomes stringy, if necessary, add a little flour. At the very end, we mix candied fruits.
4.	For the glaze, mix the chopped nuts (you can take almond flour) with half a cup of sugar, whites from a couple of eggs and starch. We interrupt everything well with a mixer.
5.	If you don’t have such a special form… You will need foil, 3 half-liter cans and 1 four-hundred-gram (the latter should be smaller). We spread the foil in several layers (at least 3), and put the cans on top with a cross. We cover the cans with foil, repeating the shape of the dove. (This is how this cake is symbolized in Italy. I think it looks a bit like a cross, only the top is smaller). It is also convenient to make a cake mold from a disposable aluminum rectangular baking dish
6.	We divide the dough into halves, each of which is rolled into a thick pancake and folded into a roll. We put the rolls in the form of a cross on a cross. We spread the glaze with a pastry bag.
7.	Decorate the top with almonds.
8.	Cook for about an hour at 180 degrees.

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