Mrs zeger's chocolate walnut torte
12 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Eggs separated -- at room | |
| Temperature | ||
| 14 | tablespoons | Sugar (slightly less than -- |
| Cup) | ||
| 6 | ounces | Bittersweet/plain chocolate |
| Melted slowly over hot water | ||
| Cooled | ||
| 2 | cups | Finely chopped walnuts -- |
| (not ground) | ||
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/180 degrees C 2. Beat the egg yolks and sugar until thick and lemon coloured. Stir in the chocolate. Fold in the nuts. 3. Beat the egg whites until stiff but not dry and fold into the chocolate-nut mixture. Turn into a 10 inch spring form pan and bake 1 hour or until the centre springs back when lightly touched with the finger Recipe By : dropkin@... (David Dropkin) File