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- From: asente@cascade.ARPA (Paul Asente)
- Newsgroups: mod.recipes
- Subject: RECIPE: Florentine Zuccotto -- party dessert
- Date: 7 Dec 85 06:27:18 GMT
- Organization: Stanford University, Computer Systems Laboratory
- Approved: reid@glacier.ARPA
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE ZUCCOTTO D "10 Jun 85" 1986
- .RZ "FLORENTINE ZUCCOTTO" "Ladyfingers with cream and rum"
- This makes a great dessert for a party. It only takes about an hour to make
- (more if you bake a cake yourself instead of buying one) and only requires a
- few seconds to get ready when served.
- .IH "Serves 10\-20"
- .IG "10\-12 oz" "cake or lady fingers" "250\-350 g"
- (lady fingers, pound cake, or sponge cake.
- If you make sponge cake, a 6-egg cake is about right)
- .IG "3 cups" "whipping cream" "750 ml"
- .IG "\(14 cup" "spirits" "60 ml"
- (rum or amaretto or whatever you like. See step 2 for quantity hints.)
- .IG "assorted" "flavorings"
- (chocolate, nuts, coffee, liqueurs, extracts...)
- .IG "2 tsp" "unflavored gelatin" "10 ml"
- (optional)
- .IG "3 Tbsp" "powdered sugar" "50 ml"
- (or more or less, to taste)
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Line a large hemispherical bowl with the cake or lady fingers. If you
- use cake, cut slices in half diagonally to make large triangles and
- arrange them in a sunburst pattern. If you use lady fingers, cut some
- in half diagonally and arrange in a flower-like pattern.
- .SK 2
- Douse generously with spirits; cake should be quite wet but not soggy.
- .SK 3
- Dissolve the gelatin in 2 tablespoons hot water in a cup; place the cup
- in a bowl of very hot water so the gelatin melts. Check occasionally
- to make sure the surrounding water stays hot. (I suppose you could use
- a microwave for this, but I've never tried.)
- .SK 4
- Divide the cream into two very cold bowls. Whip each until stiff; if
- the flavoring for either half isn't sweet, add powdered sugar to taste
- at this point. Beat the dissolved gelatin into the cream. Flavor each
- half separately. Spread one half around the inside of the cake-lined
- bowl; fill with the other half.
- .SK 5
- Top with more cake and douse with more
- spirits. Since this part doesn't show you don't need to be creative.
- .SK 6
- Cover with plastic wrap and chill overnight.
- .SK 7
- Turn out onto a platter
- and garnish with chopped nuts, grated chocolate, or powdered sugar if
- desired. Cut into wedges; serves about 10\-20 people depending.
- .NX
- The most recent zuccotto I made used rum to flavor the lady fingers.
- The first filling had powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and
- .AB "1\(12 oz" "50 g"
- chopped semi-sweet chocolate. The second had
- .AB "5 oz" "150 g"
- melted semi-sweet
- chocolate mixed with about
- .AB "2 tsp" "10 ml"
- instant coffee dissolved in a little
- boiling water, and another
- .AB "1\(12 oz" "50 g"
- chopped semi-sweet chocolate.
- (Just chop 3 of the squares of chocolate and melt the other 5).
- Chopped hazelnuts or almonds are also quite good.
- .PP
- You can make a smaller one by using less, of course!
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- moderate.
- .I Time:
- 60 minutes preparation, overnight cooling.
- .I Precision:
- no need to measure.
- .WR
- -paul asente
- decwrl!glacier!cascade!asente asente@Cascade.ARPA
- "Is there a center for someone who feels he never knows what's going on?"
- -C. Brown
-