[Sca-cooks] researching recipes

[kerrimart at mindspring.com]

Ok- here is the receipe.  I am currently translating portions of Rumpolt's Ein
Neu Kochbuch to try to find a similar recipe. 2 down, about 60 to go... Good
practice for my german though.
also, if anyone knows a good source for Currants, I would love to hear it.  I
have to get mine from Canada :P

Currant Torte
(Johannesburg Torte)

 200 g. flour
100 g. sugar
100 g butter
1 egg

500 g. fresh or frozen red currants
3 eggs, separated
100 g sugar
125 g finely ground almonds
 Powdered sugar

1. Sift the flour into bowl.  Add butter, sugar and egg.  Kneed into a soft
dough.  Wrap dough in foil and chill for 2 hours.
2. Wash and drain the currants.  Set aside.
3. Beat the egg yolks and 1/2 the sugar until stiff.  Add Almonds
4. In another bowl, beat egg whites and the rest of the sugar until stiff
peaks form.  Fold into yolk mixture.  Fold in currants.
5. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
6. Spray the bottom of a large springform pan with Non-stick spray.  Roll out
dough on the bottom of the springform pan to make a bottom crust.  Replace
sides of springform and gently pour in filling.  Spread flat.
7. Place the pan on the second rack from the bottom.  Bake 40 minutes.
8. Remove from oven and let cool in pan for 5 minutes.  Remove from pan and
put the cake on a cooling rack. (Slide a thin knife between the cake and the
pan to release)
9. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
10. Cut into small slices.  This is a very rich torte.

On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:17:47 -0500 Terry Decker <t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net>
wrote:

> >1) I have a recipe that I love, know how to
> make and want to use.  I am
> fairly
> >certain that it is period, but I can't prove
> it.  Suggestions on how to
> "work
> >backwards" with the documentation?  I can give
> more specifics as needed.
>
> About the only way one can prove a modern
> recipe is from period is to find
> the period version of the recipe.  If you can't
> match it to a period source,
> the contention is unproven and therefore is
> speculation.  There is no easy
> way to verify such a recipe, you juust have to
> hunt for a source.
>
> Posting the recipe here may help find a source
> or further information.
>