[Mid] Fw: SC - OT, OOP chocolate-potato truffles was Citron and Potato

For all you chocoholics.....

Phlip

phlip@morganco.net

Philippa Farrour
Caer Frig
Southeastern Ohio

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From: Bonne of Traquair <oftraquair@hotmail.com>
To: sca-cooks@Ansteorra.ORG <sca-cooks@Ansteorra.ORG>
Date: Sunday, June 13, 1999 4:13 PM
Subject: SC - OT, OOP chocolate-potato truffles was Citron and Potato

>
>> >I have one for a choclate "truffle" which I once used to take the prize
>>in a
>> >"best secret ingredient" cooking contest. The surprising part was the
>> >number of people who ate the candy, and liked it, then made horrible
>>faces
>> >and changed their opinion after hearing what the secret ingredient was!
>>
>> The recipe! The recipe! (please).
>
>Ok, here it is, finally. bonus recipe included for my tardiness
>--Bonne
>
>from "Potatoes" by Sue Kreitzman, Harmony Press 1989
>
>Chocolate-Potatoe Truffles
>
>2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
>1.5 tablespoons butter
>2 tablespoons Grand Marnier or Cointreau
>1 egg yolk
>1/2 cup ground almonds
>1/4 cup cooked, peeled and riced baking potatoes
>1 cup confectioners' sugar
>Unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa
>
>1. melt the chocolates and butter, remove from heat and cool slightly
>2. Stir in the orange brandy or liqueur and the egg yolk.
>3. Thouroughly stir in teh remaining ingredients, except the cocoa
>4. Chill for 1 hour
>5. roll chocolate mixture into balls of about 3/4 inch in diamer. Toss
each
>ball in the cocoa powder. Store truffles in the refrigerator, but leave at
>room temperature for 10 minutes before serving.
>
>
>
>Chocolate-Potato Torte
>
>5 ounces unsweetened chocolate
>1 teaspoon instant coffee powder
>1/2 cup butter, softened
>1 1/2 cups sugar
>5 egg yolks
>1 teaspoon orange extract
>2 cups hot mashed potatoes (instant works fine)
>Whipped Cream (optional)
>
>(my own variation noted with "*")
>
>1. line a 4 cup shallow baking dish with parchment paper *or line a loaf
pan
>with slices of pound cake-Bonne*
>2. melt the chocolate with the coffee in the tp of a double boiler over
>simmering water.
>3. Cream the butter with an electric mixer, beat in the sugar, then the
>yolks, 1 at a time. Beat very well.
>4. Beat in the chocolate-coffee mixture and the orange extract, then the
>potatoes.
>5. Spread the mixture in the prepared dish. smooth the top and cover with
>waxed paper *more pound cake slices*
>6. refrigerate for 24 hours, then serve cut in thin slices, with whipped
>cream, if desired.
>
>
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