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By chef :- Red_rose
In italy we got many Christams cakes..Panettone, Pandoro
and so on..They all are difficult to bake..so i picked the easiest one ..
Torrone lol Torrone, otherwise known as nougat, is a concoction
made from honey, well-whipped egg whites, vanilla, and walnuts or
almonds; it's an ancient sweet that requires considerable skill and
care to make well, and in the pastwas also a great favorite among
pastry chefs because it can be used as a building material for making fanciful cakes and other suchdelights.It's made
throughout Italy, and Sicily's is especially renowned.
Ingredients
1 2/3 pounds (700 g) honey
1 3/4 pounds (800 g) blanched, peeled almonds
1 3/4 pounds (800 g) sugar
4 egg whites
Rice paper or edible wafers of the kind used for baking
Preparation:-
Preparing torrone at home is not easy; one needs exercise great care in the cooking, stirring the ingredients
constantly to obtain a well-amalgamated mixture. Begin by cooking the honey for an hour over a double
boiler, stirring constantly, until it has caramelized. In the meantime make a syrup with the sugar (you'll want
three volumes of sugar to two volumes water),heating the mixture gently while stirring it constantly too lest it
stick to the bottom of the pan. Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks, and add them, a little at a time, to the
caramelized honey. Mix and continue cooking, directly over a low flame, stirring all the while. The honey will
begin to expand and become frothy; continue mixing for a few more minutes and gradually incorporate the
syrup, mixing well. Continue cooking and stirring, and when the mixture begins to tighten up and harden,
incorporate the almonds. Mix thoroughly and turn the mixture into a pan, preferably square or rectangular in
outline, that you have lined with wafers or rice paper. Cover the top of the torrone as well, and press down
so as to level the torrone and press out any air bubbles that may have formed. When the torrone has cooled,
turn it out onto a wafer-lined work surface, and use a sharp knife to slice it as you prefer. The best way to cut a crumbly
torrone is toplace the knife blade on the torrone and tap it sharply with the other hand to obtainirregularly shaped chunks
of torrone. Torrone shouldbe kept sealed in a cool dry place.
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