Passover ‘Big Apple’ Torte - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    6 large eggs, separated, at room temperature
    1 3/4 cups sugar
    3/4 cup matzo cake meal
    3/4 cup potato starch
    1 cup apple juice
    1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
    1/2 teaspoon vanilla
    3 large golden delicious apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced (1 1/2 pounds)
    1 teaspoon cinnamon
    1 tablespoon sugar
Preparation
    Set oven rack at middle of oven; preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
    Grease a 9x13 inch pan.
    In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat egg yolks until thick and pale, add sugar gradually. Beat until very thick.
    In a small bowl, sift together matzo cake meal and potato starch. Add to yolk mixture alternately with apple juice, beginning and ending with matzo mixture and blending after each addition.
    Add lemon rind and vanilla. Beat until combined well.
    In a separate bowl with clean beaters, beat egg whites until they just hold stiff peaks.
    Stir 1/2 cup of the beaten egg whites into the apple juice mixture. Fold in remaining egg whites gently but thoroughly.
    Pour into pan; spread evenly. Arrange apple slices on top, overlapping them slightly.
    In a small bowl, stir together 1 T. sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over apples.
    Bake about 50 to 55 minutes or until golden and cake tester comes out clean.
    Let cool in pan on a wire rack.

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