Ricotta Pinwheels with Pears and Walnuts


Servings: 12
Prep time: 25
Cooking time: 20
INGREDIENTS
  • - 300 g of flour
  • - 150 g of cottage cheese
  • - 1 pear
  • - 80 ml of milk
  • - 50 g of brown sugar
  • - 50 g of walnuts
  • - ½ cube of yeast
  • - salt
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Dissolve the yeast in warm milk, then stir in three-quarters of the flour and mix well. At this point, add the sugar and then the ricotta first passed through a sieve and a pinch of salt. Lastly, stir in the remaining flour and knead until you have a compact and homogeneous mass. Place it in a bowl, cover and let rise for 2 hours at room temperature.
  2. Cut the pear into very small pieces and mix them with nuts.
  3. Roll out the dough on baking paper obtaining a rectangle of about half a centimeter thick. Cover it with the mixture of pear and walnuts, leaving the edges, then roll it helping with baking paper and seal it well wetten the ends.
  4. Slice the roll with a sharp knife so as to achieve 10-12 swivels. Let rise on the plate of the oven, covered, for another hour, then bake at 180 ° C for about 20 minutes. You can, if you like, sprinkle with more sugar before you bake.