Mini Plum Cake

Traduzione inglese-italiano
"Plum"= prugna
"Cake"= torta

Torta di prugne

Eppure la prima cosa che mi viene da pensare quando perso al plumcake è lo yogurt. Uno po' come la pizza, al di fuori dell'Italia, ognuno la condisce in base al proprio gusto culinario, così abbiamo fatto noi col plumcake, trasformandolo da un fantastico dolce alle prugne,  ad un magnifico dolce per la prima colazione.
Quindi, in mancanza di biscotti che si fa? Pronte frusta, yogurt e farina, si comincia a pasticciare, così che il risveglio non sia più tanto traumatico...(o almeno per le prime 2 ore del mattino).

Ingredienti
(per 8 porzioni)

150 g di farina
50 g di fecola di patate
3 uova grandi (o 3 uova medie + 1 tuorlo)
150 g di zucchero
250 g di yogurt all'albicocca
100 ml olio di semi di mais
1 bustina di lievito 
scorza di un limone biologico
1 pizzico di sale

Se voi come me, non avete avuto il tempo di lasciare le uova fuori dal frigo con il dovuto anticipo, e dovete anche preparare la cena, procedente con il metodo del PdS di Montersino. Sbattete le uova con lo zucchero in un pentolino e portate alla temperatura di 40°C. Trasferite il composto nella ciotola e cominciate a montarlo con un pizzico di sale. Aggiungere successivamente l'olio a filo, lo yogurt e la scorza del limone. Da ultimo i solidi (farina, lievito, fecola) mescolati e setacciati.
A vostro piacimento, potete aggiugere cioccolato in scaglie o frutta secca.
Lasciar cuocere a forno preriscaldato a 170°C (solo la griglia inferiore) per 15 min per il mini plum cakes, 40 min per lo stampo grande.

(ENGLISH VERSION)
Ingredients
(for 8 mini plumcakes)

150 g plain flour
50 g potato starch
3 big eggs (if medium 3 eggs + 1 yolk)
150 g caster sugar
250 g apricot yoghurt
100 ml cornseed oil
16 gr baking powder  
1 zest
a pinch of salt

If you don't have the eggs at room temperature, place eggs and sugar in a bowl and, beating, heat to 40°C. Once heated, place in the mixer and start whip with a pinch of salt. Add flush the seedoil, then the yoghur and the zest; last the solid ingredients (flour, potato starch and baking powder, mixed and sifted). 
Place in the little molds and bake at 170° C (preheat oven) for 15 minutes.

Yogurt brioches

             

Are you ready to prepare your breakfast healthy brioches by yourself?
I’ve found out the receipt from this Italian blog, Adriano is a “leavened pastries guru”, he knows everything about them and any his receipt is successful.

Ingredients

250gr plain (all-purpose) flour + 250 g American flour
100gr milk
150gr natural yoghurt
2 eggs + 1 yolk
100gr caster sugar
60gr melted butter
2 tsps honey
12gr brewer’s yeast
7gr salt
2 tsp rum
1 finely grated lemon rind + 1/2 orange one


Dissolve 1 tbsp of honey with the brewer’s yeast, 1/2 of lemon rind and the tepid milk, then add 90g of flour, stir and let rise for around 90’.
Blend the remaining part of the rind with the yoghurt.
Place the eggs, yolk, 50 g of sugar, half of the remaining flour mix in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until it become stiff (if you have got a Kenwood machine, KitchenAid, or similar, use the K beater, here you have an example). In three times add the yoghurt, remaing sugar and flour. Let became stiff again and then add slowly the rum and let beat for other few minutes. Change the beater, take the hook (like this one) and beat at speed 1.5. Stop twice the mixer and upside down the pastry, leave it beating until it become shining and elastic.Cover it and let rise at 26°C, until it will double (90 min).
Place in a pastry board cover with flour and fold the pastry in this way (follow the third, fourth and fifth pics).
After 15 minutes cut by half the pastry, make two circles 7 mm often, divide each one in 12 slices (like a cake), and roll up each slice on itself (from the triangle base to the top). Let raise your brioches for 1 hour left.
Brush them with one egg, place in the oven at 180°C for 15 min.

Let get them cold and enjoy them with Nutella, yoghurt, jam or custard (any other ideas?).

PS. To keep them fresh you can froze them or keep them in a plastic bag for 3 days.

Have a try!

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