Pinwheels with Ricotta 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 yeast in warm milk, then stir in three-quarters of the flour and mix well. At this point, before you add the sugar and then the ricotta you have 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 a mixture of pear and walnuts, leaving the edges, then roll it helping with baking paper and seal it well bagnandone 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.