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Ingredients
- 5 extra large eggs (at room temperature)
- 1 cup ghee (at room temperature)
- 12 ounces unsweetened chocolate
- 1 13 cups honey
Method
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, with the rack in the center of the oven.
- Crack the eggs into a measuring cup or bowl with a spout and set aside.
- Cut the ghee into little pieces while cool, then allow to warm to room temperature.
- Spread some extra ghee in a 10" porcelain torte pan.
- Locate a larger pan to use for a water bath.
- Place this pan in the oven and add some water to it.
- Put the chocolate in a food processor and process until it is in tiny pieces.
- Put the honey in a small saucepan and bring to a rolling boil.
- Turn the food processor on and add the boiling honey to the chocolate.
- Add the ghee (ghee must not be cold!
- Room temperature or melted is fine) to the processor piece by piece.
- Pour the eggs in one at a time.
- Process only until this mixture is very smooth.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and place in the water bath.
- Bake for 25 - 30 minutes.
- When done remove from water bath and let cool in its pan on a rack.
- It is ready to serve.
- Notes: I like to undercook this (20 minutes in my oven), let it cool then stick it in the refrigerator and warm just to room temperature before serving - it has the texture and taste of truffles!
- This can easily be frozen either whole or in slices.