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- From: tovah@cepu.uucp (Tovah Hollander)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Passover chocolate nut torte
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- Date: 9 Apr 87 06:34:14 GMT
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- Organization: UCLA Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Los Angeles, Calif., USA
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CHOC-NUT-TORTE D "16 Mar 87" 1987
- .RZ "PASSOVER CHOCOLATE 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).
- .IH "Serves 12\\-16"
- .SH TORTE
- .IG "6 oz" "butter or margarine" "180 g"
- .IG "\(34 cup" "sugar" "150 g"
- .IG "7" "eggs,"
- separated
- .IG "4 oz" "bittersweet chocolate," "120 g"
- melted and cooled
- .IG "1 cup" "unblanched almonds," "100 g"
- finely ground
- .IG "\(12 tsp" "baking powder" "2.5 ml"
- .IG "\(14 cup" "unblanched almonds," "25 g"
- chopped
- .SH ICING
- .IG "4" "eggs,"
- lightly beaten
- .IG "\(12 tsp" "potato starch" "2.5 ml"
- .IG "4 oz" "bittersweet chocolate," "120 g"
- melted
- .IG "4 oz" "margarine," "120 g"
- softened
- .IG "\(12 cup" "almonds," "50 g"
- finely ground
- .PH "(TORTE)"
- .SK 1
- Cream the butter and gradually beat in the sugar until the
- mixture is light and creamy.
- .SK 2
- Beat in the yolks, one at a time.
- .SK 3
- Blend in the chocolate, and gently fold in the ground almonds
- mixed with the baking powder.
- .SK 4
- Beat the egg whites until stiff but not dry, then fold into
- the mixture.
- .SK 5
- Pour into a well-greased
- .AB "10\-inch" "25-cm"
- springform pan. Bake about 30 minutes in an oven preheated to
- .TE 350 175
- degrees.
- .SK 6
- Allow to cool, then frost thickly with the icing and sprinkle
- with the chopped nuts.
- .PH "(ICING)"
- .SK 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''!
- .SK 2
- Cool, then stir in the chocolate.
- .SK 3
- Gradually beat in the butter, one tablespoon at a time.
- .SK 4
- Fold in the nuts until the mixture is thick enough to spread.
- .NX
- 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.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- moderate.
- .I Time:
- 30 minutes preparation, 30 minutes baking, 5 minutes frosting.
- .I Precision:
- measure the ingredients.
- .WR
- Tovah Hollander
- UCLA Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Los Angeles, California USA
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