MAIDA HEATTER'S CHOCOLATE MOUSSE TORTE
Maida Heatter, the legendary dessert-cookbook author, tested this recipe 20 times before deeming it good enough for publication in The Times in May 1972. Her toil was worth the trouble: Eight months later, it was named the paper's most requested dessert recipe of the year. This is an adaptation of the version that appears in Ms. Heatter's book "Happiness is Baking" (Little, Brown, 2019). It begins with a big batch of chocolate mousse, half of which is baked in a pie plate. As it cools, it sinks in the middle, creating a dense, fudgy cake with a bit of an elevated edge. The remaining mousse is piled in the center, then topped with snowy whipped cream and chocolate shavings. One note: Like most traditional mousses, this one contains raw eggs. Use the best pasteurized eggs you can find. If that worries you, try another Maida Heatter dessert instead.
Provided by Margaux Laskey
Categories cakes, dessert
Time 4h
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Set a rack in the center of the oven. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch glass pie plate. Dust it with bread crumbs or cocoa powder. Set aside.
- Place the chopped chocolate in the top of a small double boiler over water over low heat. Bring it to a low simmer. Meanwhile, in a cup or small bowl, dissolve the coffee in the 1/4 cup boiling water and pour it over the chocolate. Cover and cook over low heat, whisking occasionally, until the chocolate is almost melted. Remove from heat and continue to stir until smooth. Let cool slightly. (Alternatively, place chocolate in a medium microwave-safe bowl. Dissolve the coffee in the boiling water and pour it over the chocolate. Cover with a plate or kitchen towel and let stand for 5 minutes. Vigorously whisk until the chocolate is melted and smooth. If there are still bits of unmelted chocolate, microwave in 15-second bursts, whisking between, until smooth and fully melted.)
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the yolks at high speed until they are pale, thick and lemon-colored, about 5 minutes. Gradually add the granulated sugar and continue to beat at high speed for 5 minutes more until very thick. Reduce speed to low, and add the vanilla and cooled chocolate, scraping the sides of the mixing bowl as necessary. Transfer mixture to a medium bowl. Wash the whisk attachment and mixing bowl.
- In the mixing bowl of the electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the egg whites with the salt until stiff but not dry. Gradually, in two or three small additions, gently fold half the egg whites into the chocolate, then fold the chocolate mixture into the remaining whites just until no whites show. Handling as little as possible, gently reserve about 4 cups of the mousse in a separate medium bowl; cover and refrigerate.
- Transfer the rest of the mousse into the pie plate; it will barely reach the top. Gently level and bake for 25 minutes. Turn off the heat, then leave it in the oven for 5 minutes more. Remove from oven and cool on a rack. (The mousse will rise during baking and then, while cooling, it will sink in the middle, leaving a high rim.) Wash the mixing bowl and whisk attachment and place in the refrigerator or freezer to chill.
- When the baked mousse is completely cool, remove reserved mousse from refrigerator. Handling as little as possible, transfer the chilled mousse to the center of the baked mousse. Mound it slightly higher in the center, but be careful to handle as little as possible or it will lose the air beaten into it. Refrigerate for at least 2 to 3 hours.
- Make the whipped cream: In the chilled mixing bowl with the chilled whisk attachment, whip the cream, confectioners' sugar and vanilla on high speed until it holds a defined shape. Spread over the unbaked part of the mousse, excluding the rim; refrigerate. (Another way of applying the whipped cream: Use a pastry bag fitted with a medium star tube and pipe a lattice pattern over the top of the pie and a border around the edge.) Coarsely grate some semisweet chocolate over the top before serving, if desired. The torte is best eaten the day it's made, but it's not bad the next day.
MAIDA'S BIG APPLE PIE
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 1h30m
Yield Makes a 12-inch free-form pie
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- For the filling, melt the butter in a large pan with a cover. Add apples and sprinkle with the sugar and cinnamon. Cover pan and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, until apples have exuded juices. Uncover and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until apples are tender. About a third will have disintegrated, and the rest of the apple slices should remain intact. Cool the filling. May be made several days in advance and stored, covered, in the refrigerator.
- To form the pie, preheat the oven to 375 degrees and set a rack in the lowest level. Roll dough to about a 16-inch diameter and center on pan. Spoon filling into center of disk of dough and fold overhanging dough in toward center of pie. Brush the top of the folded-over dough with the egg wash and sprinkle with the sugar.
- Bake the pie about 40 minutes, until the dough is a deep golden color and the filling is bubbling. Cool slightly before serving. Or cool completely and reheat before serving
MAIDA HEATTER'S FREE-FORM APPLE PIE
This is a delicious apple pie that's a little different from the usual apple pie. Raisins, walnuts, and apricot preserves make this little number very tasty. I think the recipe came from BHG or LHJ.
Provided by AmyZoe
Categories Pie
Time 1h45m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Combine flour, sugar, and salt in a bowl.
- Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Add water and toss with a fork until pastry holds together.
- Shape pastry into a ball and flatten into a disk.
- Wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.
- Melt butter in a 12" skillet over medium heat.
- Increase heat to high and add sugar and brandy.
- Stir in apples and cover and cook 3 minutes, stirring apples twice.
- Uncover and add raisins and cook apples, stirring until tender and liquid evaporates, about 6 minutes more.
- Cool apples completely.
- Stir in nuts.
- Heat oven to 425.
- Meanwhile, on a lightly floured surface, roll out pastry into a 14 inch circle.
- Transfer pastry to a large cookie sheet.
- Arrange apples on pastry, leaving a 2 to 2 1/2 inch border around the edge.
- Fold edge of pastry over apples.
- The pie shell should be about 9 inches in diameter.
- Bake 15 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 400 and bake 30 minutes, until crust is golden brown.
- Melt preserves through a sieve into a cup.
- Drizzle over filling.
- Cool on cookie sheet.
- Transfer to serving platter when cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 699.7, Fat 30.2, SaturatedFat 15.3, Cholesterol 61, Sodium 372.1, Carbohydrate 107.3, Fiber 7.3, Sugar 65.7, Protein 6
MAIDA HEATTER'S APPLE CRANBERRY PUDDING
Provided by Moira Hodgson
Categories project, dessert
Time 1h30m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Adjust rack to middle of oven and preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter a shallow ovenproof baking dish with about a two-quart capacity (11 by 8 by 1 3/4 or 2 inches). Set aside.
- Place cranberries in bowl of cold water to wash, pick over them, and drain on a towel. Let stand.
- Peel, quarter and core apples. Cut each piece into one-half-inch chunks. In bowl mix cranberries with apples, pecans and sugar. Turn into baking dish and smooth top.
- In small bowl of an electric mixer beat eggs to mix. Beat in sugar then add flour and melted butter at the same time and beat until smooth. Pour batter evenly over bottom layer.
- Bake for about 50 minutes until top is golden and toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Serve hot, warm or at room temperature, preferably with vanilla ice cream.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 453, UnsaturatedFat 10 grams, Carbohydrate 60 grams, Fat 23 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 12 grams, Sodium 22 milligrams, Sugar 43 grams, TransFat 1 gram
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