--- Casey Rousseau <casey at the-bat.net> wrote: > Scott Schultz wrote: > > > > >From: Steve Brust [mailto:skzb at dreamcafe.com] > > > > >They are flour-like in consistency. > > > > > > One thing you can say about this list is that you learn > > something new every day. > > > > For anyone who's interested, here's a link to some > > information about nut meal/flour and how it's produced. > > > > http://www.foodsubs.com/Nutmeals.html > > Aha. I was speculating something along those lines. If you can't find > the > nut flour you like, grinding the nuts will help release the oils enough > that > you could press more out. If anyone wants to try the recipe again with > peanuts, I'd recommend starting with a natural (unsalted) peanut butter > and > pouring off the oil that will have separated on the shelf. (Don't throw > away the oil. Peanut oil is great for cooking.) The remaining paste > will > still have some oil in it, but it will be closer to your end goal. You guys are making this way too hard. The purpose of rotary nut choppers <http://www.stacksandstacks.com/html/10918_nut-chopper.htm> is to get a less oily result, but a food processor or blender works for this kind of thing. Here's one of my favorite recipes, which I've made when invited to a Passover seder, but it's more than good enough for special occasions without dietary restrictions. I've made it both with walnuts and with almonds, and I grind them in a "cooking for one" food processor. Cutting up cereal boxes to make the sugar-and-cocoa decoration is way more work than it's worth (to me), and I don't even consider the chocolate leaves. I think it's tastier, even if a bit cliche, to top it with blobs of raspberry sauce--just strained frozen raspberries with sugar to taste, as seen in your favorite American cookbook. Strawberry sauce would probably be just as delicious. I found this version written in abbreviated style at rec.food.recipes: <http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.food.recipes/browse_frm/thread/60549ae7f21701a/8353b05d2139ee01?q=chocolate+Passover&_done=%2Fgroup%2Frec.food.recipes%2Fsearch%3Fgroup%3Drec.food.recipes%26q%3Dchocolate+Passover%26qt_g%3D1%26searchnow%3DSearch+this+group%26&_doneTitle=Back+to+Search&&d#8353b05d2139ee01> or <http://tinyurl.com/6h48m>. Chocolate Walnut Torte (8) >From Anne Willan's Look & Cook Chocolate Desserts, ISBN 1-56458-031-8 Butter, line with paper, butter and flour a 9" springform pan Heat oven to 300F Chop 7 oz chocolate Grind (in two batches in food processor, in four in blender) with 1 2/3 c walnut pieces For finer texture, first grind the nuts in a rotary grater Cream 1/2 c butter Add, beat 2-3 minutes 3/4 c sugar Add, one at a time 4 yolks Stir in chocolate and walnut mixture using rubber spatula Whisk stiff 4 whites Sprinkle in whisk until glossy 1/4 c sugar Fold into chocolate mixture Transfer to springform, smooth top with spatula Bake until skewer inserted in center comes out clean, 60-70' Cool completely in pan. Remove ring, leave torte on pan bottom because it is delicate. Melt 4 oz semisweet chocolate Brush onto shiny side (leave some of stem uncovered) of 20-25 rose leaves Cook, refrigerate until set. Peek leaves away from chocolate. Whip in bowl set in ice water until soft peaks form 1 c cream Add, whip until soft peaks form again 1 T sugar 1/2 t vanilla Spread over top and side of cake, chill about 1 hour. Chop and melt in bowl set in hot water. 1 oz semisweet chocolate Make paper piping cone and fill with chocolate, pipe lines over top of cake. Or drizzle from a spoon. Arrange chocolate leaves around cake. ------------------------------ Chocolate Almond Torte (variation of Chocolate Walnut Torte, nondairy if you use margarine) Replace walnuts with whole blanched almonds. Instead of cream and chocolate, decorate as follows: Cut 4-5 3/4" wide strips of cardboard, lay parallel on top of cake. Sprinkle confectioners sugar Lift off strips, shake off sugar. Lay back on cake on diagonal to sugar lines. Sift cocoa powder over cake, remove strips. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com