Triple-tiered Chocolate Cake

Name: Triple-tiered Chocolate Cake (Le trois-tiers au chocolat)
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: For eight people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 80 g (2¾ oz) flaked almonds; 20 g (¾ oz) sugar; 50 g (2 oz) plain chocolate; 25 g (1 oz) caster sugar; 3 tablespoons milk; 500 ml (scant pint) whipping cream; 2 eggs, separated; flour; 20 g (¾ oz) butter (to grease the mould); 125 g (4¼ oz) couverture (cooking chocolate); 125 g (4¼ oz) couverture (cooking chocolate); 4 eggs; 125 g (4¼ oz) sugar; 125 g (4¼ oz) cornflour; 25 g (1 oz) unsweetened cocoa powder

Le trois-tiers au chocolat

Preparation info

For
eight
people

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
2 hr

Appears in

The Nouvelle Cuisine of Jean and Pierre Troisgros

By Jean Troisgros and Pierre Troisgros

Published 1978

About

Ingredients

For the Genoese mixture

4 eggs
125 g (4¼ oz) sugar

Europe
France
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preparing the chocolate mousse

Twelve hours in advance

Melt the chocolate in the milk over a very low heat and mix in the sugar and the egg yolks, stirring continuously. Let it cool to room temperature, whisk the egg whites to a snow and fold them lightly but thoroughly into the chocolate mixture with a wooden