nigella pistachio chocolate cake

Thank you {% member.data['first-name'] %}.Your comment has been submitted. I love your description of the chocolate. I wanted to give you the Stylish Blogger Award. It works well in either situation. I’m going to enter the Nigella challenge this month too 🙂. 1 / 1. I wanted something that wouldn’t be too strong and fruity, so I used a small amount of homemade sea buckthorn liqueur. Our pistachio recipes cover everything from fresh salads to rich cakes. X. Mmm yummy that looks fantastic! The liqueur worked well, augmenting the overall effect rather than as a flavour in its own right. Separate the eggs. As soon as I saw that this month’s Maison Cupcake’s Forever Nigella challenge had a chocolate theme, I couldn’t resist entering. I have a passion for flavour, cooking with the seasons, baking and chocolate. Nigella blithely states this is a simple cake to make. Nigella Lawson, 60, is regarded a culinary mastermind, thanks to her incredible recipes and cooking tips, including one unusual suggestion on what to serve with Christmas cake I’ll have to jump on the forever Nigella bandwagon too. However, what I did have were some pistachios whose sell by date was fast approaching – the deal was sealed! Bake for 15 minutes at 190℃ (375℉, Gas 5). It goes really grainy and fudgy this way. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool. Melt the chocolate in a bowl placed over a pan of hot, but not boiling, water. I make this fudge as holiday and birthday gifts. I didn’t quite get what the lemon was about, so I didn’t use it. This basic fudge recipe turns out perfect every time and it is so easy to riff off of. Ananda – thank you. 34 Comments Tagged With: dark chocolate, How to be a Domestic Goddess, pistachios, Your email address will not be published. 225g shelled pistachios. Home made liqueur?? Freerangegirl – thank you, good to know I can manage elegent occasionally – it’s not my forte! Last Xmas I made a batch, pressed it into a 20cm circle, cut it into 8 triangles, wrapped each one in cellophane and stuck eyes and a red nose on to make reindeer for small gifts. I was slightly concerned that the delicate flavour of pistachios would be lost in the rich chocolate, but no, they had a subtle but definite presence. Love the green on the dark chocolate. Nigella's Courgette Cake is simply irresistible. 0 comment. Nigella's Pear, Pistachio And Rose Cake (from AT MY TABLE) is a moist gluten-free cake made with ground pistachio nuts and ground almonds (almond meal). Les rêves d'une boulangère (Brittany) says, It looks like it’s worth all that washing up! This is a fudgy cake and you don't want to overdo it. 30g butter. birthday cake, cake, chocolate cake, dark chocolate, gluten-free, pistachios, pistachios + a few extra to scatter over the top. Put the nuts into a freezer bag and bash them with a rolling pin, until broken up into both big and little pieces. This recipe isn’t entirely original and mine. Have you any top tips? Baking Addict – I’ve just finished the last piece and one week on, it was still very nice – yum. Hi, Can someone tell me if we can use almonds instead of pistachio. It’s inspired me to be braver and to make this cake (with liqueur). I really like your explanation of how you got your end result. Whiske in the remaining 50g of granulated sugar. Too good. Great to have after dinner with coffee. Sprinkle pistachios over the outer edge on top of the cake creating a 1-inch border. When it came to the topping, I was a bit concerned that the pistachio flavour might be overpowered if there was too much of it. Pinch salt. With layers of moist chocolate sponge and fluffy peanut-flavoured buttercream, Nigella Lawson's Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake, as seen on the BBC2 series Cook, Eat, Repeat, is a decadent celebration bake. Pistachio and Chocolate Cake. I was quite happy with this one – it did it perfectly. I love Nigella’s recipes – cant go wrong with them! What a great looking cake! I make three different iterations: chocolate mint with blanched, toasted almonds, chocolate orange with pistachios, and chocolate espresso with hazelnuts. dont you have to use flour for this recipe. At least you didn’t have to shell the pistachios! I have made this fudge every year for Christmas since I first saw Nigella make it. Add the nuts to the melted chocolate and sweetened condensed milk and stir well to mix. Whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt in a separate bowl until stiff. Spread on top of the cooled cake. Vegetarian food blog showing you how to create simple delicious and nutritious whole food recipes of all types. Wow looks absolutely delicious! I made variation to this recipe, using white chocolate and added dried cranberries. As I hunted through it, I came across a rather decadent sounding cake – this chocolate pistachio cake. I have baked a few Nigella cakes where there are lots of mixing bowls involved and the washing bit is not much fun, I agree. Buy the book Amazon Waterstones. Don't wash the bowl, you will need it again. 1 (400g) tin condensed milk. Put the chopped chocolate, condensed milk, butter and salt in a heavy-based pan on a low heat, and stir to melt. As soon as the chocolate has melted, remove the bowl from the heat and leave to cool a little. I am willing to believe that a confectioner wouldn't call this proper fudge, but it tastes divine, and you won't need a sugar thermometer or have to test for frightening soft or hard ball stages. You mean to say you never tinker with a recipe 😉, It looks divine, and I like your little amendments to the recipe 😉, Oh i’m eyeing that book now and cake is gorgeous the green pistachio is brought a special zing to the cake 🙂. For more delicious and nutritious recipes follow me on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest. As a result, I only made a third of the ganache from Nigella’s recipe. And don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to my weekly newsletter. Spoon mixture into a 23 cm round silicone cake mould or lined tin. Read More, Copyright Choclette @ Tin and Thyme © 2020 - All Rights Reserved, Subscribe and receive my FREE 7 day vegetarian meal plan. :), I've just made this but added mini marshmallows instead of the nuts and its gorgeous defiantly going o help with my sweet tooth at night :). It’s a good book isn’t it? To be honest, I am fed up of seeing people posting their alleged “new recipes” when they have clearly been reworked from someone else’s and have not given them credit. As I lack a suitable food processor, I had to follow a different method to Nigella even before I started tinkering with the ingredients. On top of this the butter was rock hard and the house not warm enough to soften it properly, so much arm power was needed. But you can use the fruit liqueur of your choice, or the original orange blossom water. Built by Embark. I only have one Nigella book, but its a good one, How to be a Domestic Goddess. https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11001-intense-chocolate-mousse-cake Culinary mastermind Nigella Lawson has just shared a tasty chocolate cake recipe which is perfect for the occasion. 3 x 2.25cm / 1¾ x 1¾ inches. And as I didn’t use much of the sea buckthorn, it was fine. JIll – thank you. I’ve never had a cake using pistachios in this way before. Or maybe I’ve only had poor quality orange flower water in the past, as I find it rather insipid. I honestly don’t think this will last as much as a few days! Let stand for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat, and stir in the vanilla extract. I’ve done it for a hazelnut cake before and it took ages. Beat in the ground pistachios. 3. Pick it up over at my blog. Perfect. Copyright © 2020 Nigella Lawson, 350 grams dark chocolate (chopped, minimum 70% cocoa solids), 12 ounces bittersweet chocolate (chopped, minimum 70% cocoa solids). Process the nuts in a blender, but not to fine as it's nice to have a nutty texture to the sweets. I actually have not made this cake for 5 years, when I made it for the same friend's 30th birthday. I added a scant 1/4 tsp of sea salt flakes to the still hot fudge mix and just as the fudge was cool enough to put into the fridge, I scrunched a light dusting of sea salt flakes over the top....Joygasm! Well done you, that sounds amazing! It is amazing! Melt the white chocolate and mix in the nuts. No flour needed in this recipe, the nuts and flour do the action. This cake looks delicious. I love the look of the interior..so moist and chocolatey but studded with nuts! I love chocolate and pistachio together and had totally forgotten about this cake. See photos images. Set … Gosh that is gorgeous. Have you ever baked anything to showcase the sea buckthorn flavour? this chocolate tarte looks just STUNNING & must taste FABULOUS too! Melt the chopped chocolate, condensed milk, butter and salt in a heavy based pan on a low heat. this cake looks amazing an the making-process doesnt seem too difficult either, thank your for the recipe (:im looking forward to trying this out. I have a confession to make. - Mix in chopped cherries. “Simple” is one of my pet hates in cookery – the number of times a chef cooks something in Saturday Kitchen that requires all 4 hob rings to be used plus the oven, has another chef assisting him and then he says “this is a lovely simple dish”. Put the nuts into a freezer bag and bash them with a … As I have said on a number of occasions, I am almost incapable of following a recipe exactly and this time was no exception. Absolutely divine! I used hazelnuts & served straight from the freezer...delicious! This is sooo delicious! Serve it for a birthday or celebratory party or as an elegant dessert. I make this every year for Christmas presents - it's amazing! Add the nuts to the melted chocolate and condensed milk and stir well to mix. By Heather Barron. , condensed milk, butter and salt into a heavy-based pan over a low heat and I do have a microwave so if the butter is hard from the fridge I soften it gently in the microwave which means I have flabby arm muscles 🙂. Cutting 8 x 10 / 7 x 7 lines in the tin to give 64 pieces best achieves this. Good luck with your entry. And do please rate the recipe. definitely worth your entry! Based on Nigella's chocolate pistachio cake. Turn the oven down to 180℃ (350℉, Gas 4) and bake for a further 20-25 minutes. 07.10.2013 - » Jubiläums-Blog-Event LVI: Chocolate-Pistachio Cake nach Nigella Lawson | Leicht chaotische Berliner Freestyle-Küche, quer durch Kontinente und Zeitzonen The cake had risen amazingly high when I took it out of the oven but like a soufflé, it quickly sank. BVG – thanks. Your email address will not be published. Wow looks so good. How could I not? Made it many times. Johanna – so it’s a case of creaming hard butter or having flabby arm muscles – hmmm! What a gorgeous cake! This is the only fudge I make. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Always consistent and a crowd favorite. Press chopped pistachios into the sides of the cake near the bottom and coming up less than halfway. Tried this recipe today so very easy and makes a huge amount. Every Nigella recipe I've tried has come out perfect each time and was a joy to make. ^_^ Stavo organizzando i tempi e la spesa, quando mi ha chiamata mia madre: mi andava bene festeggiare il mio compleanno in famiglia domenica? I love the way you, like me and I fear most of us never follow a recipe exactly. I don’t have a large enough food processor to make cakes in, so I also had to grind up the pistachios in a coffee grinder. Put the nuts into a freezer bag and bash them with a rolling pin, until broken up into both big and … written by francesauty. If you’d like more large cake recipes, follow the link and you’ll find I have quite a lot of them. Thanks for visiting Tin and Thyme. Looks great and well worth the effort! And your description has my mouth watering too ;0)Can’t go far wrong when pistachio and chocolate gets used in the same sentance. I like this best when it's made slightly less express, but with no greater effort, by stashing it in the deep freeze. A light and smooth mousse-like cake with a subtle crunch and flavour of pistachios. Ann – that’s very kind of you. Well, not so much a confession but a disclaimer. Crunchy Pistachio Chocolates is a community recipe submitted by jen and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe. got to love any cake that sinks gracefully 🙂looks lovely. They never knew how easy and fast to make this. From the book Cook, Eat, Repeat by Nigella Lawson. I liked the green / chocolate contrast too. Bridgett – well worth giving this a try. I love the look of the texture. If you like flourless chocolate cakes, you’ll love this recipe. Scatter with a few chopped pistachios. Thanks for taking part in Forever Nigella! Stir in the melted chocolate. Jan 26, 2012 - National scale with a local approach, Nexstar Digital businesses provide digital media solutions to local and national brands, advertisers, and publishers. It has a delightful light and smooth mousse-like texture and is … Here you’ll find delicious and nutritious recipes that are mostly easy to prepare and definitely easy to eat. Brittany – it was worth the washing up, I just objected to the “simple” tag. 6th February 2011 by Choclette Filed Under: Gluten Free, Large Cakes. 2) Melt the white chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water, or in the microwave on short bursts until full melted – leave to cool whilst doing the rest! Nigella has been teaching us about the pleasures of the table since her first book, How to Eat, hit the shelves in 1998. The cake itself was not at all sweet, almost savoury in flavour, but the ganache added a dessert quality. What a cake! - Melt butter, condensed milk and chocolate in a large pan over a low heat. Mmmm gorgeous-I nearly baked this today – I don’t know I’d mine would have come together so well – it looks very elegant x. Sarah – thanks for getting me to make some of Nigella’s chocolate recipes I haven’t yet tried. Looks and taste like christmas in a bar. Instead of the orange blossom water, which I didn’t have anyway, I used a home made liqueur. It has a delightful light and smooth mousse-like texture and is topped with a slightly fruity chocolate ganache. Janice – thank you. Once the cake is cooked, transfer the tin to a wire rack and let the cake cool in its tin. Sì, certo che mi andava bene; allora tutti a casa sua… https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/chocolate_almond_caprese_27893 03.11.2014 - Questo week-end avevo un mare di cose da fare e pochissimo tempo per farle; non a caso me ne sono rimaste indietro un paio. I suspect orange blossom water would have been completely drowned out by the rich chocolate. I have had my eye on this recipe for a while but never got around to trying it. Skip to next photo. You can then cut it into small pieces approx. I was now in a quandary: having no special occasion to celebrate, this was quite an expensive cake for just the two of us. Although it's hard to improve on a fabulous recipe, I might just have managed it. 340g 70% dark chocolate, chopped or 340g milk chocolate, chopped. We’ll be having our last peice tonight and I shall miss it when it’s gone. What I meant to say was that I thought orange flower water would be too subtle so wanted to use something else, but not a strong liqueur like orange. The TV chef, 60, delighted her 2.2 million followers on Instagram with the food that has been dubbed the "best chocolate cake ever". It’s based on Nigella’s chocolate pistachio cake and it replaces the usual ground almonds for ground pistachios. Aghhhhh! Beat the egg yolks into the cream and butter mixture one by one. Method. I’m Choclette, a vegetarian home cook and whole food recipe developer. Add the just-boiled water, and whisk in the cocoa and both brown and white sugars, and keep on low heat, whisking gently, until the butter has melted, and you have a smooth, amalgamated mixture. Your description of the cake has literally made me salivate. For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list. All delicious, of course. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, ensuring each … Looks really good. CityHippy – if my cake is going to sink, it usually sinks most ungracefully. Hello, welcome to Tin and Thyme. Chocolate Pistachio Fudge. This is made easier if you have electric beaters or a food mixer. Thank you very much. Luckily it sank gracefully to a nice flat top. Domestic Goddess – you’re right about shelling those nuts. It’s made it to day 3 so far! The texture was mousse like, moist, light and smooth in the mouth – not nearly as dense as it looked. Fold this into the cake mixture one third at a time. It needs to be runny enough to cover the cake, but thick enough to stay (mostly) on the top. Pour and spatch this mixture into a foil tray 23cm / 9 inch square, smoothing the top. Sometimes it’s good to celebrate, even when there’s nothing specific going on. If you make this sumptuous chocolate pistachio cake, I’d love to hear about it in the comments below. Nigella Lawson's Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake. Method. Let the fudge cool, and refrigerate until set. (if you want)Just want you to how much I like your blog! My friend made this and brought it to work today - it was gone in a flash. I want to make it today, I tried this recipe and i was an instant hit to my friends. Nigella Lawson is back with her brand new series Cook, Eat, Repeat on BBC Two and BBC iplayer.. Preparation Time 10 mins; Serves 64; Difficulty Easy; Ingredients . Catherine – liquer sounds a bit grand – fruit soaked in sugar and vodka for a few monghts. 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