Gateau Russe Aux Noix

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Title: GATEAU RUSSE AUX NOIX
Categories: None
Yield: 1 servings

------------------------------------CAKE------------------------------------
6 Whites
100 g Sugar
120 g Almond powder
120 g Icing sugar
50 g Flour
Vanilla

--------------------------------BUTTER CREAM--------------------------------
180 g Sugar
80 g Water
6 Yolks
360 g Butter
Coffee extract

-----------------------------------SYRUP-----------------------------------
50 g Sugar
100 g Water
20 g Rum

----------------------------------GARNISH----------------------------------
50 g Chopped walnuts
8 Walnut halves

----------------------------------CARAMEL----------------------------------
150 g Water
150 g Sugar
Juice of 1 lemon

Marzipan

Mix almond powder, icing sugar, and flour together. Beat whites to
froth, add sugar, beat to firm peak. Incorperate powder into whites.
Add vanilla now if using extract, if using powdered, add with almond
powder. Pour into chemisier'd round pan, 8 inches or so, and bake at
375-390 till it's done.

Boil sugar and water together. While it's boiling, beat the yolks
over a double boiler untill they are light and fluffy. When the syrup
reaches soft ball, pour into yolks and continue beating untill it is
cool or it reaches ribbon stage (creme will form a ribbon that will
stay on the surface for a while before sinking).

Beat the butter till it's the same consistancy as the creme. Mix
the two together and add the coffee extract.

Boil the sugar and water for syrup, add rum.

Boil the sugar and water for caramell, take it to the point where
it just starts to change color. Remove, dunk the nuts in and let
cool. You will have to crush the chopped walnuts, as they will now be
a big sticky mess.

Cut the cake in half, spread with syrup, add a layer of butter
cream, sprinkle with chopped nuts, spread the top part with syrup,
place on top of cake, and cover with butter cream. Decorate with
butter cream rosettes and walnut halves.

Posted on rec.food.recipes by ah787@freenet.carleton.ca (Bill Stuart)

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