Casatiello Recipe | Tortano Recipe | Neapolitan Easter Bread | Savory Easter Bread
Casatiello or Tortano is traditional Neapolitan stuffed Easter bread baked in a ring shape with eggs on the top.
Servings 0
Ingredients
- Wheat flour 2 cups
- Yeast 2 tsp
- Milk 1 ¼ cup
- Honey 1 tbsp
- Salt as required
- Butter ¼ cup
- Egg 3
Stuffing
- Boiled Eggs 2
- Chicken 1 cup
- Cheese cubes
- Salt to sprinkle
- Pepper powder to sprinkle
Instructions
- Take milk in a bowl and warm in microwave for 15 seconds. Milk should be warm and not too hot.
- Add honey and yeast to warm water.
- Mix it nicely and keep it aside for 15 minutes
- After 15 minutes yeast mixture should be frothy.
- Take wheat flour and salt in bowl.
- Add the frothy yeast mixture to it and knead.
- Then add butter to the dough.
- Knead nicely for 10-12 minutes till the dough is soft and pliable
- Cover and allow it to rise till it doubles in size. It will take between 1-2 hours depending on the climate
- Once it doubles punch the dough and knead for 1 minute.
- Then roll them as rectangular sheet. Reverse little dough to make cross.
- Place the hard boiled eggs, chicken on it.
- Then sprinkle cheese, salt and pepper powder.
- Roll them and bring the edges together to form ring shape and place in bundt pan.
- Place the eggs on the top and make cross with the dough.
- Allow it to proof for 20 minutes and brush it with milk.
- Pre heat the air fryer to 170°C for 3 minutes and place the pan and bake for 25-30 minutes till done.
- Savory Easter bread is ready. Cool it slightly, slice them and enjoy warm.
Notes
Proofing yeast is very important for breads. You can use 1 tsp of instant yeast instead of active dry yeast.
If the yeast is not active don't proceed further. There can be few reasons for yeast to be inactive. Yeast is very old and reaching expiry date. Quality of yeast is not good. If you add yeast to very hot water it will kill the yeast. Proofing of yeast is very important for any bread recipes.
Always allow the dough to double in size. Don't go by the timing as it will be different in different climatic conditions.
You can shape them as two small ring breads too instead of one.
Use any stuffing of your choice. Vegetarians can use paneer, mushroom, baby corn, bell peppers etc.
Air fryer bakes faster. It may take around 35-40 minutes in oven.
After 15-20 minutes, you can cover the top with foil to avoid too much browning.