Grillage Batter
Ingredients
Ingredients for 1 Torte (10in (26 cm) diameter)
- 7 Egg yolks
- ½ cup 60 g Confectioner’s sugar
- 2 oz 60 g Walnuts, ground
- 2 tbsp 30 ml Water
- 2 tbsp 10 g Vanilla sugar
- Dash of salt
- Lemon zest
- Dash of cinnamon ground
- 7 Egg whites
- 7 tbsp 110 g Granulated sugar
- 1 cup less 1 tbsp 110 g Flour
- 2 tbsp 30 ml Oil
- Butter for the form
- For Brittle Crumbs
- 2 oz 55 g Hazelnuts, peeled and roasted
- ¼ cup 55 g Granulated sugar
- Splash of lemon juice
- Oil for the work surface
Instructions
- First, make basic brittle crumbs
- Preheat the oven to 340 °F (170 °C).
- Mix egg yolks with confectioner’s sugar, walnuts, water, vanilla sugar, salt, lemon zest, and cinnamon until creamy.
- Begin beating the egg whites and then beat to stiff peaks with the granulated sugar.
- Mix the two mixtures together.
- Fold in the flour and brittle crumbs.
- Finally, carefully mix in the oil.
- Fill a buttered springform pan and bake for about 1 hour.