Subj : Dessert @ Joe Biden's
To   : All
From : Dave Drum
Date : Thu Sep 01 2022 06:00:00

current place of residence just took a BIG hit.

ROLAND MESNIER, PASTRY CHEF TO FIVE PRESIDENTS, DIES AT 78

French born and French trained, he served up inventive and ambrosial 
desserts in the White House for more than two decades. 

https://www.nytimes.com

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Mesnier & Malard's Orange Flourless Chocolate Cake
 Categories: Cakes, Desserts, Citrus, Chocolate
      Yield: 11 servings
 
      6 oz (170 g) unsalted butter;
           - extra for greasing
           Flour; for dusting
      6 oz (170 g) bittersweet
           - chocolate
      1 c  + 2 tb (220 g) sugar
           Zest of one large orange
      4 lg Eggs
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      2    Egg yolks
    1/2 c  (55 g) unsweetened cocoa
           - powder
           Confectioners' sugar; for
           - dusting
           Candied orange peel and
           Vanilla ice cream; to serve
 
  Set the oven @ 375+|F/190+|C.
  
  Butter and flour a 10" (25-cm) round cake pan. Line the
  bottom of the pan with parchment paper, then butter and
  flour the parchment paper. Gently melt the chocolate
  over a double boiler. Stir the butter into the chocolate
  to melt, and stir until smooth.
  
  Remove from the double boiler and whisk the sugar and
  orange zest into the chocolate mixture. Add the eggs and
  egg yolks and whisk well. Sift the cocoa powder over the
  chocolate mixture and whisk the batter until totally
  smooth. Pour the batter into the pan and bake for
  approximately 35 to 40 minutes, or until the top has
  formed a good crust.
  
  Cool the cake in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes.
  Invert the cake onto a serving platter.
  
  Dust with confectioners' sugar and serve with candied
  orange peel and vanilla ice cream.
  
  YIELD: Makes 10 to 12 servings
  
  Roland Mesnier + Christian Malard | February 2007
  
  All the Presidents' Pastries
  
  RECIPE FROM: https://www.epicurious.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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