Mint And Black Pepper Loaf With Pistachio Topping Recipe
Yield: 4 servingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
1 cup: Butter,
2 2/3 cup: Sifted flour,
5 tbsp: White Creme de Menthe,
2 tsp: Black peppercorns, crushed
10: Egg whites,
pn Salt,
1/2 tsp: Baking powder,
1 1/3 cup: Sugar, plus 4 tablespoons
3/4 cup: Coarsely ground pistachio,
Nuts,
Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 10-inch loaf pan and dust with
flour.
Cream butter with 1 1/3 cups of the flour until light and fluffy.
Beat in Creme de Menthe and black peppercorns until well-incorporated.
In a bowl, blend 8 of the egg whites, the salt and the baking powder.
Beat until the egg whites hold soft peaks. Continue beating, adding 1
1/3 cups of sugar, a tablespoon at a time, until the egg whites are
very stiff.
Stir 1/4 of the egg white mixture into the creamed butter-flour
mixture, blending thoroughly with a wooden spoon. Pour this mixture
back over the remaining egg whites. Start sprinkling in the remaining
1 1/3 cups of flour while gently folding the butter-flour mixture
into the egg whites. The less the mixture is manipulated, the lighter
the cake will be.
Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 40 minutes. While baking, mix
together the pistachio nuts, the 2 remaining egg whites and the
remaining 4 tablespoons of sugar. Remove the loaf from the oven after
30 minutes. Spread the pistachio nut mixture over the top. If the
loaf has cracked at all on top, let the pistachio mixture seep into
the cracks. If the loaf hasnt cracked, make a few shallow slits on
top to let the pistachio mixture seep in. Continue baking until a
cake tester comes out clean, and the loaf is starting to pull away
from the pan (about 20-30 minutes). Turn out on a rack and let cool
for one hour.
The lightness, dryness and low-sweetness of this pound cake is
perfect for lightly sweet Champagne.
Yield: 12 servings
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flour.
Cream butter with 1 1/3 cups of the flour until light and fluffy.
Beat in Creme de Menthe and black peppercorns until well-incorporated.
In a bowl, blend 8 of the egg whites, the salt and the baking powder.
Beat until the egg whites hold soft peaks. Continue beating, adding 1
1/3 cups of sugar, a tablespoon at a time, until the egg whites are
very stiff.
Stir 1/4 of the egg white mixture into the creamed butter-flour
mixture, blending thoroughly with a wooden spoon. Pour this mixture
back over the remaining egg whites. Start sprinkling in the remaining
1 1/3 cups of flour while gently folding the butter-flour mixture
into the egg whites. The less the mixture is manipulated, the lighter
the cake will be.
Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 40 minutes. While baking, mix
together the pistachio nuts, the 2 remaining egg whites and the
remaining 4 tablespoons of sugar. Remove the loaf from the oven after
30 minutes. Spread the pistachio nut mixture over the top. If the
loaf has cracked at all on top, let the pistachio mixture seep into
the cracks. If the loaf hasnt cracked, make a few shallow slits on
top to let the pistachio mixture seep in. Continue baking until a
cake tester comes out clean, and the loaf is starting to pull away
from the pan (about 20-30 minutes). Turn out on a rack and let cool
for one hour.
The lightness, dryness and low-sweetness of this pound cake is
perfect for lightly sweet Champagne.
Yield: 12 servings
TASTE SHOW #TS0034
Source from luhu.jp
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