Walnut-Date Torte Recipe | Epicurious

Walnut-Date Torte Recipe | Epicurious

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Ingredients of Sephardic cooking—dates, cardamom, and orange zest—bring a mosaic of Mediterranean scents and textures to the Passover table. The cake has a coarse crumb yet is incredibly moist...

Keywords

  • torte
  • jewish
  • walnut
  • date
  • matzo
  • make ahead
  • passover
  • spring
  • gourmet
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Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup boiling-hot water
  • 1 1/2 cups pitted dates (1/2 pound), finely chopped
  • 1 1/2 cups walnuts (5 ounces), toasted and cooled
  • 3/4 cup sugar, divided
  • 2/3 cup matzo meal
  • 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 4 large eggs, separated, at room temperature 30 minutes
  • Accompaniment: unsweetened whipped cream
  • Garnish: Passover powdered sugar

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