Warm Chocolate Truffle Cake with Strawberry Salsa
Ingredients
- 12 ozs semisweet chocolate
- 4 ozs bitter chocolate
- 12 ozs butter
- 1 oz cake flour
- 6 T cornstarch
- 20 ozs sugar
- 8 large eggs
- 6 large yolks
- Zest of 1 orange
Melt the chocolates and the butter together. Combine the sugar, flour and cornstarch. Fold dry ingredients into chocolate/butter mixture. Mix in the eggs, yolks and flavoring. If the eggs are cold, warm to room temperature (chocolate won't set when mixed).
Butter and flour 4-ounce foil cups. Do not use cooking spray, as the cakes will stick. Fill each cup with 3 ounces of batter. Place a #70 or #100 scoop of ganache in the center of the batter. Cover with a bit of batter. Bake in a convection oven at 375 F for 15 minutes.
For the ganache
- 12 ozs semisweet chocolate, chopped fine
- 8 ozs cream
Bring cream to a boil. Let cool down some, and pour cream over the chocolate while whipping. If all the chocolate doesn't melt, warm over hot water. Let set up in the refrigerator for 3 hours, then scoop as described above.
For the Strawberry Salsa
- 1 lb strawberries, finely dice
- 2 T mint leaves, julienned
- 4 T confectioners sugar
- 4 ozs amaretto
Combine all ingredients and let marinate for 4 hours before serving.
To serve this dish:
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