Sweet Chestnut-Flour Mould
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- 200 g sweet flour (chestnut flour)
- 50 g chocolate
- 30 g sugar
- 25 g butter
- 20 g candied citron
- 12 sweet almonds
- 1/2 L milk
- 3 eggs
- 150 g whipped cream
Instructions
- Peel, sliver and toast the almonds and pistachios; dice the candied citron.
- Melt chocolate in some milk with sugar and butter; separately blend the chestnut flour with the rest of the milk, combine, and cook.
- Cool, then add yolks, whipped whites, and the nuts and citron.
- Set in a greased ring mould in a bain-marie, chill with iced salt, turn out, and fill the centre with whipped cream. Serves 7-8.