Zucchette: the recipe

Name: Zucchette
Cook time: 11 min
Total time: 3 h 52 min
Yield: 44 pieces of 50 g
Ingredients: 1000 g Wheat flour; 150 g Eggs; 5 g Lemon zest; 5 g Orange zest; 35 g Yeast; 115 g Sugar; 30 g Honey; 500 g Pumpkin; 100 g Water; 150 g Butter; 15 g Salt; 120 g Raisins

Soft leavened sweet buns shaped like little pumpkins, perfect for autumn: soft, naturally orange in colour and delicately citrusy in flavour.

The addition of pumpkin purée to the dough gives it extraordinary moistness, a stringy crumb and a natural golden hue.

The pumpkin shape is achieved by tying the brioche dough ball with kitchen string (not too tight) before the final rise; as it bakes, the dough expands to form the wedges.

This recipe is freely inspired by, or adapted from, the balance of Maestro Leonardo Di Carlo.

At a glance

Number of pieces: 44
Weight per piece: 50 g
Actual dough weight: 2225 g
Room temperature: 24 °C

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Ingredients

Quantities for 44 pieces of 50 g, kitchen at 24 °C

Impasto

Wheat flour (W280)1000 g
Eggs150 g
Lemon zest5 g
Orange zest5 g
Yeast35 g
Sugar115 g

Honey30 g
Pumpkin500 g
Water100 g
Butter150 g
Salt15 g
Raisins120 g

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Method

Impasto (35 min)
- Se si usano uova intere, sgusciarle e pesarle cercando di raggiungere o superare il peso indicato; togliere dall'acqua l'eccedenza in peso.
- Inserire le scorze di limone e arancia nelle uova.
- In planetaria inserire il lievito, la farina, lo zucchero, il miele e la zucca; impastare.
- Inserire gradualmente le uova e incordare.
- Inserire l'acqua ghiacciata e incordare.
- Inserire la metà del burro a pezzi e incordare.
- Aggiungere il resto del burro e infine il sale.
- Per ultimo inserire l'uvetta bagnata e scolata.
Lievitazione (1 h 30 min)
- Coprire e tenere al caldo fino al raddoppio, circa 1 ora e mezza.
Pezzatura (1 h 6 min)
- Spezzare in palline da 50 g e pirlare.
- Volendo, legare con spago da cucina per dare la forma a zucca.
Lievitazione finale (30 min)
- Disporre in teglia e lasciar lievitare ancora mezz'ora.
Cottura (11 min)
- Cuocere senza far scurire troppo: devono restare bianche ai lati.

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Baking

- conventional oven, without steam
- Overall temperature: 180 °C
- Time: 11 minutes

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