{"id":35441,"date":"2022-11-16T16:49:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T15:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/?p=35441"},"modified":"2023-08-02T18:04:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T16:04:54","slug":"amaretti-and-chocolate-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/amaretti-and-chocolate-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Amaretti and chocolate cake: a great Italian classic dessert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How many chocolate cake recipes are there?<br \/>\nSo many, and I would like to try them all.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload_inited aligncenter wp-image-24234 size-full\" title=\"Amaretti cookies and chocolate cake\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3882.jpg\" alt=\"Chocolate and amaretti cake\" width=\"563\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3882.jpg 563w, https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3882-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_3882-315x420.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><strong>A chocolate cake and a book I love<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The recipe is from <em>The Great Dixter Cookbook; Recipes from an English Garden<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>A book where cooking follows the seasons, using ingredients from the garden of Great Dixter, a historic garden home located between Kent and Sussex, an area southeast of London.<\/p>\n<p>Dishes included in the book cover everything from classic recipes, such as chicken pie, apple crumble, and beet chutney, to recipes with more contemporary flavors, such as crispy cabbage.<\/p>\n<p>Dixter was the home of gardener and writer Christopher Lloyd, who was well-known and loved in Britain. And many of the recipes in the book are taken from the Lloyd family&#8217;s cookbooks.<\/p>\n<p>A story that, without the book, is somewhat reminiscent of the cooking I share here on the blog.<\/p>\n<p>Seasonal recipes, traditional but also current, are almost always family recipes.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The recipe<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>You can find the original recipe in the book.<br \/>\nI chose to reinterpret it with an Italian accent.<\/p>\n<p>A mascarpone and chocolate cream, without eggs, on a base of macaroons.<br \/>\nNo shortcrust pastry, as in the book. The base is made of crumbled cookies, as in cheesecake.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This chocolate cake needs no baking.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is an easy dessert to make and perfect for whenever we are in a hurry.<br \/>\nI like the simple elegance of this tart. And I loved the flavor of it.<br \/>\nI am pretty sure you will like it too.<\/p>\n<p>Buona cucina, Monica<\/p>\n<h6><strong>For chocolate lovers, don&#8217;t forget these recipes:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"entry-title\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/hazelnut-chocolate-tart\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hazelnut And Chocolate Tart<\/a><\/strong> inspired by a famous Italian praline<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/ciambella-of-romagna-with-nutella\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ciambella of Romagna filled with Nutella<\/strong><\/a>, a great classic<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/salted-peanut-chocolate-chip-cookies\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salted peanut and chocolate chips cookies<\/a><\/strong>: so good<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><strong>Stay in the know!<\/strong><\/h6>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>To receive unpublished recipes, tips, and food stories, sign up for the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tortelliniandco.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tortellini&amp;CO newsletter<\/a><\/strong>. You can disable it anytime.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Keep in Touch<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>If you like, follow me on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tortelliniandco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.it\/tortelliniandco\/_created\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pinterest<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tortelliniandco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #111111; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 27px;\">Amaretti and chocolate cake<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>serves 6-8<br \/>\nmold 22cm diameter<br \/>\nList of the Ingredients<\/p>\n<p><em>for the base<\/em><br \/>\n200 g of amaretti cookies<br \/>\n80 g butter, melted<br \/>\n1 tablespoon maple syrup<\/p>\n<p><em>per la crema di cioccolato:<\/em><br \/>\n100 g milk chocolate<br \/>\n100 g dark chocolate<br \/>\n400 g mascarpone cheese, out of the refrigerator<br \/>\n2 tablespoons brown sugar<br \/>\ngrated chocolate, for decoration<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Crush the cookies.<br \/>\nMix the crumbled cookies with the melted butter and maple syrup.<br \/>\nLine a baking sheet with parchment paper and top it with the cookies to form the base.<br \/>\nLet rest in the refrigerator for a couple of hours or even overnight.<\/p>\n<p>In a small saucepan, melt the two chocolates in a double boiler.<\/p>\n<p>In a bowl, mix mascarpone, chocolate, and sugar.<br \/>\nPlace it in the refrigerator for an hour before spreading it over the base.<\/p>\n<p>On the surface, grate some dark chocolate.<br \/>\nLeave in the refrigerator until ready to bring to the table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many chocolate cake recipes are there? 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