Brazilian recipe
Creamy Crunchy Peanut Pie (Torta de amendoim)
A Brazilian peanut pie with a crunchy biscuit base and an airy, creamy peanut filling, served well chilled.
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Ingredients
500 g of roasted ground peanuts
400 g of refined sugar
400 g of biscuit of cornflour
3 egg yolks
3 egg whites
1 pitada of salt
400 g of creme of milk without whey
250 g of unsalted butter, at room temperature
400 g of refined sugar
400 g of biscuit of cornflour
3 egg yolks
3 egg whites
1 pitada of salt
400 g of creme of milk without whey
250 g of unsalted butter, at room temperature
Where to find ingredients
Find Brazilian ingredients such as dendê oil, macaxeira or cassava, cachaça, palmito, cassava flour, requeijão, goiabada, guaraná, calabresa, moranga squash, cação and queijo minas in Brazilian or Latin American grocers, international food shops, larger supermarkets and online speciality grocery sections. Standard meat, dairy, produce and baking ingredients are usually available in supermarkets, butchers, fishmongers and local grocery shops. Substitutes, only if needed: firm white fish for cação, smoked sausage for calabresa, cream cheese for requeijão, and butternut squash for moranga.
Preparation method
- Crush the biscoitos of cornflour until obter the crumb mixture fina and reserve
- In the bowl large, beat the butter em temperature ambiente with the refined sugar until obter the creme claro and fofo
- Add the egg yolks, the of cada vez, batendo well after cada adiçãthe to incorporate
- Fold in the roasted ground peanuts and the pitada of salt to the creme, misturando until that all the ingredientes estejam well combinados
- Em outra bowl clean, beat the egg whites whipped to stiff peaks until that estejam firm and formem picos
- Mix gently the merengue (egg whites whipped to stiff peaks) à dough of peanuts
- Alterne the adiçãthe of the creme of milk without whey à dough, incorporando softly with the espátula to manter the leveza and aerar the mistura
- Line the bottom of the ovenproof dish or serving dish with the biscoitos triturados, forming the camada uniforme
- Pour the camada generosa of the peanut cream sobre the base of biscoitos
- Repita the processo, alternando camadas of peanut cream and base of biscoitos, until that all the ingredientes sejam utilizados, endizando with the camada of creme
- If desejar, decore the surface of the torta with amendoins torrados inteiros or granusides
- Take the torta to the fridge por in the mínimo 4 times, or until that esteja completely firm and well chilled
- Serve the torta chilled
Observations
This peanut pie is a Brazilian classic, known for its contrast of textures and rich flavour. A crunchy layer of crushed biscuits is paired with a light, creamy peanut filling made with ground roasted peanuts, butter, eggs and cream. It is an easy chilled dessert for family gatherings, celebrations or any moment that calls for a comforting homemade sweet.
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