Sfogliatelle

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    4hrs 15mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    12
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    407

A deliciously flakey Italian treat originating in Naples, sfogliatelle are made by rolling pastry into long, thin sheets and brushing with butter, before rolling into a spiral and slicing to create lots of buttery layers that encase a rich ricotta and vanilla filling. While this recipe takes a little bit of work, the result of warm, crisp pastry shells with their creamy filling is well worth the effort. Store in an airtight container for up to three days.

recipe updated Aug 29, 2023

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    150 g
  • Ricotta cheese icon
    Ricotta cheese
    500 g
  • Candied citrus peel icon
    Candied citrus peel
    80 g
  • Italian 00 flour icon
    Italian 00 flour
    500 g
  • Honey icon
    Honey
    1 tablespoon
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    ¼ teaspoon
  • Water icon
    Water
    230 g
  • Whole milk icon
    Whole milk
    350 g
  • Fine sea salt icon
    Fine sea salt
    ½ teaspoon
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    120 g
  • Vanilla bean pod icon
    Vanilla bean pod
    1
  • Fine semolina flour icon
    Fine semolina flour
    100 g
  • Ground cinnamon icon
    Ground cinnamon
    ½ teaspoon
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    1
  • Icing sugar icon
    Icing sugar
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Cooking Chef XL
  • kCook icon Pasta roller attachment
  • kCook icon Baking tray - large

Step preview

  1. Fit the K-Beater
  2. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl, fit the splashguard
  3. Mix - 1 minute, speed 1
  4. While the machine is running, slowly pour water
  5. Mix until the dough is smooth and pliable – 1 minute, speed min
  6. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge – 30 minutes
  7. Remove the dough from the fridge and divide into 4 equal pieces
  8. Take one piece and flatten until about 1 cm thick
  9. Attach the Pasta Roller attachment
  10. Adjust the setting to 0
  11. Sprinkle some flour between the rollers
  12. Start on speed 1
  13. Pass the dough through the rollers
  14. Fold the dough in half and repeat until you get a smooth surface
  15. Repeat passing the dough through the rollers, adjusting the setting down each time until you reach setting 8
  16. Place the dough sheet on a clean work surface and brush with a thin layer of softened butter
  17. Starting from the short side, roll the dough into a tight log
  18. Cover with tea towel and set aside
  19. Repeat the same rolling and buttering process with the second dough piece
  20. Place the rolled pastry along the short side of the second sheet of dough
  21. Roll the dough around the log to create a larger cylinder
  22. Repeat the same process with the remaining two pieces of dough until you have one large log of rolled pastry
  23. Wrap the shaped dough in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge – 2 hours
  24. Remove the attachment from the machine
  25. Clean the appliance bowl and fit the Creaming Beater
  26. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl, fit the splashguard
  27. Heat until simmering - 1 minute, 105ºC, speed Stir 2
  28. Then add semolina
  29. Mix – 4 minutes, speed Min
  30. Remove the splashguard and let cool – 5 minutes
  31. Add the next ingredients
  32. Mix – 2 minutes, speed Min
  33. Cover the appliance bowl with plastic wrap
  34. Chill in the fridge until needed
  35. Line a large baking tray with parchment paper
  36. Remove the chilled pastry log from the fridge
  37. Using a sharp knife, cut into 12 equal slices
  38. Using a rolling pin, flatten each disc from the centre until 15 cm across, then form into a cone shape
  39. Remove the semolina and ricotta mixture from the fridge
  40. Take one pastry disc
  41. Add a large spoonful to the middle of the pastry cone
  42. Press the ends of the pastry together to seal
  43. Place the shaped pastry on the baking tray
  44. Repeat the same with the rest of the pastry discs and filling
  45. Chill in the fridge – 30 minutes
  46. Preheat the oven - 200ºC
  47. Remove the baking tray from the fridge and place in the oven
  48. Bake until crisp and golden – 35 minutes, 200ºC
  49. Remove from the oven and let cool
  50. Dust with icing sugar
  51. Serve
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