Restaurant Recipes
American Club Three Nut Torte
Yield: 16 servings
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar, divided
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
- 3/4 cup slivered almonds
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 3/4 cups flour
- 1 egg white
- 1 teaspoon water
- Powdered sugar
Instructions
- Melt 2 cups sugar in 2 quart heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly. Add cream, stirring briskly until well combined with sugar. Stir in nuts; cool, set aside.
- Cream butter and 1/2 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Blend in eggs and vanilla extract. Add flour; mix well.
- Spread 2 cups dough onto bottom and 1 1/2 inches high around sides of 10 inch spring form pan. Spread nut mixture evenly over dough in pan. Roll remaining dough to 10-inch circle between wax paper. Place over nut mixture; pinch edges
to seal. Brush with combined egg white and water.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for one hour. Cool.
- Dust with powdered sugar, if desired.
Attribution
Rhys Lewis, Executive Chef, American Club, Highland Drive, Kohler, Wisconsin