Italian Cuisine

Italian Dessert

Chocolate Souffle
Ingredients

• 1 cup whipped cream • 4 tbsp amaretto • 8 tbsp crushed amaretti cookies • 3-3 ½ cups of chopped chocolate ( cadbury chocolate can be a great option)

• 5 egg yolks • 1 tsp vanilla & almond syrup • 5 egg whites • 4 tbsp sugar • Powdered sugar as per taste

Method
Position the baking bowl in the oven and preheat to 200C.  Butter 6-8 ¾ cup soufflé dishes, dust with powdered sugar. Place on baking sheet. Whip ½ cup cream.& 2 tbsp amaretto in medium bowl till it peaks up. Refrigerate it. Take the other ½ cup cream and chopped chocolate in a bowl and keep it over a pan partly filled with hot water. Stir till it melts completely. Remove it from the pan once it melts. Whip the egg yolks one at a time. Please ensure they blend well together with every addition. Whip the remaining amaretto with the syrups.Beat the white of the eggs till it appears fluffy.Gradually add sugar to it. Keep beating it until it becomes stiff but note that it shouldn’t become dry. Fold whites into chocolate mixture in 2 additions. Fill ½ of the soufflé dish with the batter. Sprinkle the amaretti cookies. Bake it until it puffs up. Ready to serve.Optional: After baking, u can top it with whipped cream and also with melted chocolate
 

Ingredients

• 5 cups almonds, blanched, whole of it • 1 ½ cup sugar • 3 tsp of finely grated fresh lemon

• ¼ tsp of baking powder • 3 egg whites lightly beaten • ½ - ¾ cup lemon marmalade

Method
PREHEAT THE OVEN AT 150C. Powder finely 4 cups of almonds with sugar, grated fresh lemon. Add egg white, honey,Marmalade & mix until it forms a ball which will be sticky. Roll the dough into small balls and then flatten them with moist fingers. Gently press a whole almond in the center of each cookie and now bake it till the top of the cookies turn light brown. Cool and then serve.
 

Ingredients

• 3 cups cheese cream • 2 cups whipped cream • ¾ cup powdered sugar • 6 tbsp amaretto • 3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

• 1 tbsp instant espresso powder • 1 ½ cup semi sweet chocolate grated • 1 food cake • 1 cup sliced almonds

Method
Beat cream cheese in a bowl until smooth. Add 1 cup whipping cream, sugar, cocoa powder, espresso and amaretto. Beat until fluffy. Add 1 cup cream in a bowl. Fold whipped cream into cheese mixture for frosting. Cut cake into 3 layers. Place bottom cake platter and sprinkle with the frosted mixture & grated chocolate. Please note that the frosted mixture should be in generous proportion. Repeat this until 3 layers are done.