Chocolate sin.
Portugal It will be one of the first destinations we return to. When all this is over... going to the neighboring country is on our wish list, step on again Lisbon as if we were doing it for the first time. Meanwhile, any excuse is worth it to return to its streets, its sea, its nature and, of course, its gastronomy without leaving home. [Reading it, reviewing his best postcards Y trying some of their recipes from our kitchen.
This will not be one of the most typical, but it is one of the most requested in the AlmaLusa hotel in Lisbon, in its Dolphin restaurant: the cake or chocolate cake. “An exclusive recipe created by the chef's African assistant”, they tell us from there. "Very rich, full of flavor, without flour, so celiacs can eat it, and even so, it is very juicy."
Delfina's goal, in Lisbon, "is for people to have an experience similar to the one they would have in the home of a Portuguese". A popular lunch spot in Lisbon because neighbors and tourists appreciate “that homemade, warm and informal approach, typically Portuguese”. Everything we miss from the Portuguese capital, to which we will return soon. And while… we live it and savor it from home.
Chocolate cake with Portuguese soul.
Chocolate cake recipe (without flour) from Delfina, in Lisbon
INGREDIENTS:
400 grams of dark chocolate broken into small pieces
350 grams of unsalted butter (broken into pieces)
350 grams of sugar
8 eggs
ELABORATION:
1.Turn on the oven at 160°.
2. Add the pieces of chocolate and butter in a bowl and gently melt in a bain-marie.
3.Separate the egg whites and yolks and reserve for later.
4.In a bowl, add the sugar and egg yolks and beat until fluffy and then add the melted chocolate mixture until well combined.
5.In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks, then mix with the other ingredients until well blended.
6.Place the mixture in two round molds cake approx. 26 cm and put in the oven for about 45-50 minutes.
The perfect accompaniment to the cake? A scoop of ice cream.