quarta-feira, 12 de dezembro de 2018

Star of the Christmas Supper - Chestnut Christmas Tree

Star of the Christmas Supper - Chestnut Christmas Tree

In 1984 it was 300 years ago that this Recipe is in our Family.

2018 Christmas Supper Star





Chestnut Christmas Tree
Ingredients for mass:
3 kg of Portuguese nuts
3 tablespoons chocolate powder does not serve chocolate
3 tablespoons of cocoa liquor, rum or kirsch, (cherry brandy)
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon powder
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 or 2 cups of sugar or sweetener
If you use sweetener the amount not in weight is in volume instead of


 (cup use tablespoon)
Roof:
300 grs.of walnuts without peel
300 grs.of hazelnuts without peel
300 grs.of almonds without peel
300 grs.of cherries in syrup (drained)
100 grams of white raisins, seeded
100 grs.de grapes raisins dark, seedless
100 grs. Of dates without the cores
100 grams of Brazil nuts (to make the candles)
1 - cup (tea) of peaches in drained syrup, cut into balls made with the ball
1 - cup of (tea) figs in drained syrup, cut into balls
1 - cup of (crystallized) fruit cut into cubes, and apricot to taste
Way of preparing:
Cook for 20 'or 30 minutes the nuts with a pinch
of salt, in an ordinary pan, without the peels but with thin skin that covers them.
Once cooked, remove the skin and squeeze with the potato masher, or beat the processor.
Place the dough in a large bowl. Add the sugar, honey, chocolate powder, vanilla, cocoa liquor, cinnamon powder and ground cloves.
Arrange a board 80 cm wide by 1 meter high, lined with foil to mount the tree.
Go putting the dough on the tray, modeling it with a knife or with crusty bread. Clean the edges with a damp cloth or paper towel.
Place some cherries on the outline of the tree and the others scattered over, along with walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, raisins, peach balls and figs, candied fruits.
And if you want to make apricot balls.
Remove the lumps from the dates and make the trunk of the tree with them. model of the tree is a triangle the larger part is down
The chestnuts of Para, make a tip as if it were a pencil, spread in several places of the tree, is placed last
Light the candles. at supper time (they are scattered on the tree.
If you do not want to make the tree distribute in bowls and in the center put cherries, or nuts.
Serves as pie filling
The decoration is on your own.
Chestnuts can be frozen Remove from the oven 12 hours before
put in the refrigerator.
Keep the dough in the refrigerator until ready to serve (assemble).
Reminder:
The candles are chestnut from Pará, to point out like a pencil
Distribute over pasta.
Light up at supper time.

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