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Gâteau de Pistache de Chocolat avec le Vin Rouge
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| Servings: 12 |
| Comments: "Gâteau de Pistache de Chocolat avec le Vin Rouge" translates from French into English as: Pistaschio and Chocolate cake with red wine"..........Diana An attractive, moist and dense cake that works year-round. A delightful finish to any dinner. |
Ingredients:  1 cup unsalted butter or margarine 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1 tsp. salt 3 large eggs 2 cups all-purpose flour 3 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder 2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1 1/3 cups ground pistachios 3/4 cup dry red wine* 1/2 cup whole shelled pistachios Confectioners' sugar, optional |
| Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. With an electric mixer, beat butter with sugar and salt until mixture is creamy and light-colored. Beat in the eggs one at a time. In a separate bowl, mix flour with cocoa powder, baking powder, cinnamon and all but 2 tablespoons ground pistachios. Stir this mixture alternately with wine into the butter mixture to obtain a thick batter. Fold in whole pistachios. Butter a 7 or 8 cup (8" or 9" wide) ring mold, or tube pan. Spoon batter into pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 35 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes then gently invert cake from pan onto a serving plate. Sprinkle with the remaining ground pistachios. If desired, dust top of cake with confectioners sugar. Makes: 12 servings *NOTE: An alcohol-free red wine or red grape juice can be used instead of the dry red wine in this recipe, if desired. I made this lovely cake in a cake pan by Nordic Ware, called the "Fleur De Lis" pan. |
| Source: Recipe adapted by Diana's Desserts from FSA Foods |
| Date: May 3, 2002 |