What is Pinca?
in Easter time, the Croatian coastal areas of the Istria and Damatia, draw thousands of sweet eggs based on eggs known as pinca to complement other color offers on eggs. This circular cake, which is also known as sirnica , is a regular offer at the celebrations of late postcards throughout Slovenia and Croatia, as well as in some parts of Italy. Cakes The dough is a pile of flour, milk, egg yolks, citrus skin, vanilla, sugar, salt, yeast, butter and sometimes a small booze that is baked until it browns the three -painted star to the top.
Accurate measurements are needed to create the right pinca . The exemplary recipe on Ostaria Istarian, which presents culinary and other cultural information about politically divided Croatian and Slovenians of the European area of the Istria, includes a traditional dalma mixture of ingredients. You want to make four balls of cake, it will take 2 pounds (about 1 kg) flour whipped creams a suitable amount of yeastand 7 oz (about 200 g) butter in the room. The yolk of five eggs, 7 oz, goes to the depression made at the top of this ball. (About 200 g) granulated sugar, a few drops of vanilla extract, a pinch of salt, a little citrus bark and maybe a shot of every brandy and rum. Some chefs also add small milk to the dough for a potentially richer final product.
These ingredients are a moved dough until a uniform consistency is achieved. After the dough sits at room temperature for several hours, it should double the size, which is a technique of baking called profession. Then it is divided into up to four of the balls of the dough, which are set aside to steady.
After another hour, the cakes pinca are cut along the top in the pattern of a three-pissed star and placed on a greased pan. Their peaks are brushed with more egg yolk and sprinkled with Courser sugar than granulated variety. CakesThey bake at approximately 400 ° F (about 200 ° C) for at least 20 minutes, but may be needed for up to 45 minutes to complete. These cakes should be on top of egg yolk and sugar.
The common way to present pinca is in the cross in the middle of the table for special meal. Many Croatian bakers also create a variant known as Primorski Uskrski Bebe , which braids thin strands pinky dough around and away from the colorful, heavily cooked Easter egg and create a vague similarity to the reptulated child of Jesus.