{"id":3884,"date":"2012-03-13T06:44:26","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T13:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/?p=3884"},"modified":"2012-03-13T06:44:26","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T13:44:26","slug":"an-italian-brownie-worth-pausing-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/2012\/03\/13\/an-italian-brownie-worth-pausing-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Torta Di Cioccolata &#124; An Italian Brownie Worth Pausing For"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wlWriterHeaderFooter\" style=\"float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/buzz\/api\/button.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.sfgate.com\/c\/pictures\/2007\/09\/06\/mn_pavarotti118.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u201cOne of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating\u201d. <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>~<strong>Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright, Pavarotti, My Own Story<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<strong><em>TORTA DI CIOCCOLATA (Italian Style Brownies)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolciericette.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/torta-paradiso-al-cioccolato2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><em>Excerpted from the award inning book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\">The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: Holidays &amp; Special Occasions-2nd edition)<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00bc cup unsalted butter<\/li>\n<li>1 whole egg<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup dark chocolate pieces<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup flour<\/li>\n<li>1 fresh orange<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup walnut pieces<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons butter<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons plain breadcrumbs<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup unsweetened powdered cocoa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Soften European butter in a bowl until it cuts into small pieces. Break the egg and sepa\u00adrate the egg white and the yolk into 2 different bowls. Break chocolate into pieces and place into a glass bowl. Place glass bowl in microwave for 30 seconds, or until melted. (Since microwave times vary, leave on for about 15-30 seconds first.)<br \/>\nPlace softened butter and sugar into another bowl. Mix until it comes to a smooth con\u00adsistency. Add in egg yolk and continue to mix. Add in melted chocolate a little at a time until completely mixed in. Add in flour a small spoonful at a time, continually mixing until blended. Zest the orange, then add in chopped nuts. Mix well. Beat egg white until peaks have formed, and gently fold into chocolate mixture.<br \/>\nPreheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a round cake pan or cover with baking paper. Dust bottom with plain breadcrumbs. Pour in batter. Cook in oven for 30 minutes. To be sure it is done, place toothpick in center\u2014it must come out dry. If necessary, cook for 5 more minutes.<br \/>\nWhen done, remove from oven. Dust serving plate with powdered cocoa. Cut cake into squares and serve with thin orange slice.<br \/>\ncopyright 2012 Art of Living,PrimaMedia,Inc\/Maria Liberati<br \/>\nGet your copy of The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: Holidays &amp; Special Occasions-2nd edition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\">here<\/a> or in ebook exclusively at Kindle<br \/>\nSee you in Charlottesville, Virginia at<br \/>\nMarch 23rd-\u00a0 signing and sampling at\u00a0 <strong>Wine Made Simple<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>March 24th- signing and cooking demo at The Happy Cook<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>March 24th- panel discussion on writing a cookbook at Barnes &amp; Noble<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>For more info or to attend, email: events@marialiberati.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOne of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating\u201d. ~Luciano Pavarotti and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-la-dolce-vita-dessert-recipes","category-recipes"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}