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Rumanian Torta (Walnut Rum torte)

Recipe by Anna Gare from Quickies In My Kitchen

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Anna whips up a beautiful walnut dessert for Sam Longley ...

Ingredients

Torte

8 eggs, separated
8 dessertspoons sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
10 dessertspoons walnuts, roughly chopped
4 dessertspoons breadcrumbs

Syrup

1 cup sugar
½ cup water
1/3 cup of rum

Filling

250mls whipping cream
250g good-quality dark chocolate
350mls of cream, whipped

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Method

Torte

Beat egg whites till stiff and set aside
Beat yolks, sugar and vanilla extract together until light and creamy.
Fold egg whites through the yolk mixture
Stir in ground walnuts and breadcrumbs
Cook in a lined spring form tin for 30-45mins in a 170C oven.

Syrup

Heat water and sugar until dissolved and add rum, remove from heat

Filling

To make the ganache melt chocolate and 250ml of the cream in microwave on low heat - stir till smooth.
Whip 350 mls of cream and fold half of whipped cream through the ganache filling and reserve the rest of cream to spoon over torte.

To Assemble

Turn out cooled torte (it will have sunk after it has cooled) and cut in half to form a top and base.
Place base of the cake on serving platter and pour half syrup over it.
Spoon the ganache and cream mixture over the top.
Place top half of torte on top and spoon over remaining rum syrup.
Cover with whipped cream.
Serve cold.
Decorate as desired, I usually use a little drizzle of melted chocolate.

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What do you think?

Samantha180 November 2010

and turned out yum but messy

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Samantha180 November 2010

It looked so delisous and i was so wxcited

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Samantha180 November 2010

It was yum because i fixed it!!!

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Samantha180 November 2010

Well It was terrible I tried everything so carfully and im such a fantastic cook! I hated the ganache it went evrywhere!!!!!! It turned into a milk because of the amount of cream that was melted in it! It was yum because i made a chocolate moouse for the filling instead DONT EVER MAKE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

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anna July 2010

Marj, hope you try it again as it really is a beauty. As markus mentioned- cool everything! I always assemble it on the plate I serve it on as it is tricky to move Most importantly cool the ganache and it will thicken and become more manageable. Its funny how you can give ten people the same recipe and all the results are different. This was the most complex recipe in the show and almost didnt put it in because it wasnt quick enough, but...it was too yummy to leave out! The next time you make it, it will be perfect! X Anna

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markus June 2010

Marj, I made this cake over the weekend and it stayed together well, important to let everything cool before putting the torte together and ensure to serve chilled.

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marj May 2010

Anna, are you able to do a video of this torte? I saw you make it on TV, but mine was just a mess! The torte cooked OK, but the syrup was just that and ran all over the place, and the ganache was much the same! Tasted fine, but was just a big runny gooey mess. A video would help me (perhaps??) see where I went wrong. Great program - damn shame about my cooking!! Cheers Marj

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