Christmas Tronchetto (little trunk) : cooking recipe

 The Christmas log cake is a tradition dating back to the Middle Ages, which simulates in its form a log, which was once cut from the tree and stored in the woodshed until Christmas Eve, the evening when the head of the family took him and put him in the fireplace, and this function was to warm the baby Jesus Dolce of French origin, has spread in all the kitchens of Northern Europe.




How to cook Christmas Tronchetto :
Work to cream the egg yolks with the sugar. Add the flour and the egg whites until stiff. Lined with baking paper plaque (that of the oven) lie down the dough. Bake for 10 minutes at 190 '. Meanwhile, whip the cream and stir in the marmalade and brown, that you will shake with a little 'of rum. Mix well. Turn the plate on a kitchen towel moistened and remove the paper. Mix the rum and milk with a wet brush the prepared base. Spalmatevi over the cream. Roll up the cake on helping himself with the towel, wrap it in aluminum foil and place in refrigerator for at least 5 or 6 hours. Melt over low heat chocolate with the cream and butter and mix well. Spread the chocolate with a spatula over the cake removed from the foil, leaving the ends free. Striped chocolate with a fork and before it hardens if you want distribuitevi above the chocolate flakes. You can cut a piece of log and apply it sideways.

 

Ingredients for Christmas Tronchetto cooking recipe :

 

• Ingredients for the base :  

  • Flour : 130 gr 

  •  Icing Sugar : 130 gr
  
  
  • Eggs : 4
   
  •  Brown's Marmalade  : 200 gr
   
  •  Cream : 200 ml
   
  •  Marrons Glacés : 200 gr

 

• Ingredients for the syrup : 

  • Milk : 50 ml

 

 

• Ingredients for the cover :  

  • Dark Chocolate : 200 gr  

  • Cream : 200 gr

 
Serves : 6 peole


 
Time required : 90 min

 

Capacity : Dessert


 
Difficulty : 3/5