tovah@cepu.uucp (Tovah Hollander) (04/09/87)
CHOC-NUT-TORTE(D) USENET Cookbook CHOC-NUT-TORTE(D)
PASSOVER CHOCOLATE NUT TORTE
CHOC-NUT-TORTE - Rich chocolate dessert for Passover
This is the only Passover dessert I've ever tasted that is
good enough to be making during the rest of the year as well
(when you can use corn starch instead of the potato starch).
INGREDIENTS (Serves 12-16)
TORTE
6 oz butter or margarine
3/4 cup sugar
7 eggs, separated
4 oz bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled
1 cup unblanched almonds, finely ground
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup unblanched almonds, chopped
ICING
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 tsp potato starch
4 oz bittersweet chocolate, melted
4 oz margarine, softened
1/2 cup almonds, finely ground
PROCEDURE (TORTE)
(1) Cream the butter and gradually beat in the sugar
until the mixture is light and creamy.
(2) Beat in the yolks, one at a time.
(3) Blend in the chocolate, and gently fold in the
ground almonds mixed with the baking powder.
(4) Beat the egg whites until stiff but not dry, then
fold into the mixture.
(5) Pour into a well-greased 10-inch springform pan.
Bake about 30 minutes in an oven preheated to 350
deg. F degrees.
(6) Allow to cool, then frost thickly with the icing
and sprinkle with the chopped nuts.
PROCEDURE (ICING)
(1) Mix together the eggs, sugar and potato starch in
the top of a double boiler. Heat over boiling
water, stirring, until mixture thickens. Do not
boil the mixture, and beware of "scrambled eggs"!
(2) Cool, then stir in the chocolate.
(3) Gradually beat in the butter, one tablespoon at a
time.
(4) Fold in the nuts until the mixture is thick enough
to spread.
NOTES
If you don't have a springform pan for Passover, use an
aluminum disposable cake pan and just strip off the sides
when the cake has cooled.
RATING
Difficulty: moderate. Time: 30 minutes preparation, 30
minutes baking, 5 minutes frosting. Precision: measure the
ingredients.
CONTRIBUTOR
Tovah Hollander
UCLA Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Los Angeles, California USA
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