Chocolate and Pistachio Roll

17/11/2023

The chocolate and pistachio roll is a delicious and refined dessert, perfect for any occasion. Here’s the recipe to make it:

Ingredients

For the roll dough:

4 eggs
120 g of sugar
100 g of type 00 flour
1 pinch of salt
30 g of cocoa powder

For the filling:

250 g of mascarpone cream
100 g of unsalted pistachios
2 tablespoons of powdered sugar

For the decoration:

100 g of dark chocolate
Chopped pistachios to taste

Preparation

Start by preparing the roll dough. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Separate the yolks from the egg whites. Whip the yolks with half of the sugar until you get a light and fluffy mixture.
Whip the whites with the remaining sugar until you get a firm and glossy meringue.
Carefully fold the meringue into the yolk mixture, alternating with the flour, cocoa, and a pinch of salt, sifted together to prevent lumps from forming.
Pour the batter into a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and spread it evenly.
Bake in the oven for about 10-12 minutes. As soon as the dough is cooked, turn it out onto a damp kitchen towel, gently peeling off the parchment paper.
For the filling, finely chop the pistachios and mix them with the mascarpone cream and powdered sugar until you obtain a smooth mixture.
Spread the cream on the dough, leaving a free edge of about 2 cm.
Gently roll up the dessert using the kitchen towel, starting from the long side. Wrap the roll in cling film and leave it to rest in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
In the meantime, melt the dark chocolate in a double boiler or microwave.
After the resting time, remove the roll from the refrigerator and take off the cling film. Cover the dessert with the melted chocolate and sprinkle the surface with the chopped pistachios.
Let the chocolate solidify before serving the chocolate and pistachio roll in slices.

Trivia

The chocolate roll is a very versatile basic preparation that can be enriched with various types of creams and decorations. The combination of the intense taste of chocolate and the sweet and slightly salty note of pistachios creates a particularly pleasant balance of flavors. In Italy, this type of dessert is often found in patisseries and on dessert buffets during the holidays.