Truffle Torte
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
1 torte
ingredients
- 5 tablespoons liquid glucose
- 5 tablespoons rum
- 450 g chocolate
- 570 ml double cream, at room temperature
- 75 g amaretti, crushed finely
-
To serve
- cocoa powder, for dusting
- chilled single cream, for pouring
directions
- Line a 23 cm cake tin, lined with silicone paper. Brush the sides and base lightly with groundnut oil.
- Sprinkle the crushed biscuits all over the base of the tin.
- Next break the chocolate into sections and put it in a heat proof bowl, with the liquid glucose and the rum. Fit the bowl over a pan of barely simmering water, then leave it until the chocolate has melted and become smooth. Stir, then take off the heat and leave the mixture to cool for five minutes or so until it feels just warm.
- In a separate bowl, beat the cream until only very slightly thickened.
- Fold half into the chocolate mixture and then fold that mixture into the rest of the cream. When it is smoothly blended, spoon it into the prepared tin.
- Tap the tin gently to even the mixture out, cover with clingfilm and chill overnight.
- Just before serving, run a palette knife round the edge to loosen the torte, then give it a good shake and turn the whole thing out on to a serving plate.
- To serve, dust the surface with sifted cocoa powder and, if you like, mark the top into serving sections. Serve with cream. If you like, add a couple of tablespoons of amaretti liqueur to the cream.
Questions & Replies
Got a question?
Share it with the community!
Reviews
-
This torte really is amazing! My mum makes it for any dinner party/event she goes to and everyone loves it. When me and my brother were little, we used to really look forward to when Mum had people round because we could eat the leftover torte (it's very, very rich so you can only eat a little at a time, which makes you feel good because you're not eating loads!). It's easy to make- I used to help Mum make it when I was growing up. Delia's recipes are normally really good, but this is the best!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Not much to tell! I'm a South African living in London, mother of four rangingfrom 25 to 9. I am desperately trying to get my children's stories published - anyone out there interested? Until my ship sails in, I cook, eat everything and anything, and then diet like mad. I love experimenting with new recipes and I absolutely hate spoilt kids who visit and say? "what is THIS?" and push it away without trying.
My favourite cookbook is Mrs Beeton's family cookbook. 1994 edition.