Turinois

Name: Turinois (Chocolate Chestnut Pudding)
Yield: Serves 8–10.
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 115 g(4 oz) butter; 450 g(1 lb) unsweetened chestnut purée; 30 g(1 oz) flaked almonds, toasted; a drop of mild oil; 115 g(4 oz) caster sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla essence; 140 g(5 oz) plain dessert chocolate; 4 tablespoons dark rum

Chocolate Chestnut Pudding

Preparation info

Serves
8–10
.

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

French Country Kitchen

By Geraldene Holt

Published 1987

About

Towards Christmas, tins of the new season’s chestnuts appear in shops. For this pudding I prefer the unsweetened purée. The turinois freezes well and is very good served semi-freddo or completely frozen.

Ingredients

115 g(4 oz) butter
115 g(4

Europe
France
Dessert
Christmas
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Soften the butter in a slightly warmed bowl and beat until light. Gradually beat in the sugar until the mixture is fluffy, then beat in the vanilla essence.

Melt the chocolate with the rum in a bowl over hot water; then cool slightly. Sieve the chestnut purée.

Gradually beat the chocolate and the chestnut mixtures into the butter until the mixture is smooth and soft.

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