Chocolate-walnut slices

by | Nov 10, 2015 | Desserts

The recipe of these supernal chocolate-walnut slices is more than 60 years old, my granny left it to us in her cookbook. Walnut is a popular ingredient of pastries baked during the fall-winter season in Hungary, many people can’t imagine the holidays without a walnut dessert.

The base is a thin shortcrust-like dough, which is loosened with yeast and baking soda. The next layer is a so called walnut foam consisting of whipped egg whites, beaten egg yolks and ground walnuts. So far it looks like an everyday walnut cake, but now comes a twist.

The secret is a spice blend that makes the dessert incomparable: it’s made of cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice – all ground, in equal portions. The filling is spread on the dough and baked together. And finally, when it’s completely cool, top is covered with chocolate glaze. It sounds good, doesn’t it?

Chocolate walnut slices
Chocolate-walnut slice – photo: zserbo.com

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Hungarian cottage cheese

This is what Hungarian túró looks like

You often ask me what kind of cottage cheese (or curd cheese or farmer's cheese - call it what you want) I use in the recipes. In Hungary the store-bought cottage cheese is dry and crumbly as you can see in the picture. So if a recipe calls for túró, I mean this type. If you can't obtain túró, you can try to make your own from whole milk. Click on the link below.

How to make túró at home

Metric system vs cup

In Hungary metric units are in use, all the recipes on this website are based on this system, so a kitchen scale is necessary. Since I’m not familiar with cup as a measurement unit, I convert grams to cups by using an online converter. The values in brackets, therefore, are only approximate volumes, so, please, double-check them before you start cooking.