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- From: asente@figaro.stanford.edu (Paul Asente)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Chocolate cream slices
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- Date: 23 Oct 87 05:15:54 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CHOC-SLICES D "2 Jun 87" 1987
- .RZ "RIGO JANCSI" "Chocolate cream slices"
- Serving these will guarantee the success of any endeavor. The name
- is pronounced, approximately, "rrigo yanshi" (trilled r). This recipe
- comes from "The Cooking of Vienna's Empire" and is, of course, Hungarian.
- A friend of mine describes the Hungarians as "the people who taught the
- Viennese how to bake."
- .IH "Makes 35"
- .SH CAKE
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "butter" "30 g"
- .IG "" "flour or cocoa"
- .IG "3 oz" "unsweetened chocolate" "90 g"
- .IG "\(34 cup" "unsalted butter, softened" "175 g"
- .IG "\(12 cup" "sugar" "100 g"
- .IG "4" "eggs,"
- separated
- .IG "pinch" "salt"
- .IG "\(12 cup" "sifted all-purpose flour" "50 g"
- .SH FILLING
- .IG "1\(12 cups" "heavy cream" "350 ml"
- .IG "10 oz" "semisweet chocolate," "300 g"
- chopped or broken into small chunks
- .IG "4 Tbsp" "dark rum" "60 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "vanilla extract" "5 ml"
- .SH GLAZE
- .IG "1 cup" "fine granulated sugar" "220 g"
- .IG "1/3 cup" "water" "80 ml"
- .IG "7 oz" "semisweet chocolate," "200 g"
- broken or chopped into small chunks
- .PH "(CAKE)"
- .SK 1
- Preheat the oven to
- .TE 350 175 .
- With a pastry brush or paper towel, coat
- .AB "an 11\(mu17 inch" "28\(44 cm""
- jelly-roll pan with the butter. This
- will seem like a lot; be very generous. Sprinkle the flour or cocoa over
- the butter and shake the pan to coat the butter fully. Tap the edge of
- the pan on a table to knock out the excess flour.
- .SK 2
- Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or a bowl over a pan of simmering
- water. Set aside to cool to lukewarm.
- .SK 3
- Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until the whites cling to the
- beater. Add
- .AB "\(14 cup" "50 g"
- of the sugar and beat until the whites form stiff, unwavering peaks.
- .SK 4
- Cream the butter and the other
- .AB "\(14 cup" "50 g"
- of the sugar until the mixture is
- light and fluffy. Add the melted chocolate and beat in the egg yolks one
- at a time.
- .SK 5
- With a rubber spatula, stir about 1/3 of the beaten eggwhites into the chocolate
- mixture, then pour the chocolate mixture over the rest of the whites.
- Sprinkle the flour lightly on top. Gently fold the mixture together until
- no white streaks remain.
- .SK 6
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan, spreading it evenly with a rubber
- spatula. Bake in the middle of the oven for 15 to 18 minutes, or until
- the cake shrinks slightly away from the sides of the pan and a knife
- inserted in the middle comes out clean. It will still be very flat.
- Loosen the cake from the pan with a sharp knife around the sides and turn
- it out onto a rack to cool. (Put the rack over the pan and flip the whole
- thing over to keep the cake from breaking.)
- .PH "(FILLING)"
- .SK 1
- In a small heavy saucepan, combine the cream and chocolate and stir over
- medium heat until the chocolate dissolves. Then reduce the heat to very
- low and simmer, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens to the
- consistency of a pudding. Pour it into a bowl and refrigerate for at
- least 1 hour.
- .SK 2
- When the mixture is very cold, pour in the rum and vanilla and beat with
- a whisk or beater until the filling is smooth and creamy and forms soft
- peaks when the beater is lifted. Do not overbeat or you will get butter.
- (If this should happen, don't despair; chocolate buttercream makes a
- perfectly fine filling.)
- .SK 3
- Cut the cake in half to make two layers, each
- .AB "8\(12 inches" "22 cm"
- wide. Spead
- the filling over one layer and set the other layer on top. Smooth out the
- edges with a spatula. If one of the cake layers should break, use it on
- the bottom. Refrigerate on a rack for about 1 hour.
- .PH "(GLAZE)"
- .SK 1
- In a small heavy saucepan, heat the sugar, water, and chocolate over
- medium heat, stirring constantly, until the sugar and chocolate are
- dissolved. Make sure the sugar is fully dissolved or you will get a
- grainy glaze. Cover the pan and let the glaze cool for about 20 minutes.
- .SK 2
- Set a jelly-roll pan on a table with
- one short edge propped up. Put the rack with the cake on something else so
- that it is suspended level over the pan but offset
- .AB "2 inches" "5 cm" ,
- so that you can reach down into the lower pan with a spoon.
- .SK 3
- Hold the pan with the glaze about
- .AB "2 inches" "5 cm"
- over the cake and pour the
- glaze on the cake. Using a large spoon, scoop up the glaze that collects
- in the jelly-roll pan and put it back on the cake. Keep doing this until
- the glaze begins to stop flowing smoothly. You should end up with a
- thick, even layer of glaze on the cake.
- .SK 4
- Refrigerate the cake until the glaze is firm, 10 to 20 minutes.
- .SK 5
- Serve by cutting into 35 small equal pieces, 5 in each row across and 7 in
- each row down. For cutting, use a sharp knife that has been dipped in
- warm water and wiped off between slices. Keep refrigerated, but
- for maximum flavor, allow to come to room temperature before serving.
- .NX
- Fine granulated sugar is not the same thing as confectioner's sugar.
- Regular granulated sugar will work ok for the glaze, just make sure it
- is fully dissolved. You can avoid lots of chopping by using chocolate
- .AB "chips; one cup of chips equals about 6 oz." "chips."
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- Quite difficult. For experienced dessert cooks only.
- .I Time:
- several hours.
- .I Precision:
- measure carefully.
- .WR
- Paul Asente
- Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
- asente@cascade.stanford.edu
- decwrl!cascade.stanford.edu!asente
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