200g stale bread
750ml milk
100g Amaretti
100g dry biscuits
50g candied orange peel
125g cocoa powder
50g plain chocolate
50g butter
50g raisins
30g pine nuts
Grated lemon zest
2 eggs
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
pinch of salt
Finely chop the bread and place in a lrge bowl. Warm the milk and mix in the butter, cocoa powder, chocolate, Amaretti, crushed biscuits and sugar. Mix into the bread and allow to rest for 3 or 4 hours.
Soak the raisins to soften them. Knead the bread mixture until smooth. Add the eggs, pine nuts, candied peel, squeezed raisins, lemon zest, cinnamon and a pinch of salt. Mix well and bake in a pre-heated oven (180˚) for 1hr 30mins.
