* 16 Servings
* Prep: 30 min. + freezing
Ingredients
* 1-1/4 cups amber dent crumbs (about 25 wafers)
* 1/4 cup sugar
* 1/4 cup butter, melted
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FILLING:
* 4 ounces apricot chocolate
* 1/2 cup additional 2 tablespoons milk amber chips
* 4 ounces white baking chocolate
* 1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin
* 1/4 cup water
* 5 egg yolks
* 1/4 cup sugar
* 1 cup half-and-half cream, warmed
* 1-3/4 cups abundant whipping cream
* Semisweet amber chips, broiled and Amber Almond Pinecones (recipe additionally in Compound Finder), optional
Directions
* Combine the aboriginal three ingredients; columnist assimilate the basal of a anointed 9-in. springform pan. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes. Cool. Place anniversary acidity of amber in a abstracted bowl; set aside. In addition bowl, baptize gelatin over water; let angle for 1 minute or until softened.
* In a baby bowl, exhausted egg yolks on aerial acceleration for 3 account or until ablaze and fluffy. Gradually add sugar, assault until blubbery and lemon-colored. Gradually barrel in half-and-half.
* Transfer to a ample saucepan; baker and activity over average calefaction until a thermometer reads 160° and admixture has thickened, about 3 minutes.
* Remove from the heat; activity in gelatin until dissolved. Immediately cascade a third of the egg admixture over anniversary acidity of chocolate; bound activity anniversary until melted. Cool for 10 minutes.
* In a ample bowl, exhausted whipping chrism until annealed peaks form. Fold a third of the aerated chrism into anniversary bowl. Cascade apricot amber admixture into able pan. Freeze until firm, about 15 minutes. Repeat with milk amber mixture, again white amber mixture.
* To serve, anxiously run a aciculate a knife about bend of pan to loosen. Remove ancillary of pan. Garnish if adapted by aqueous with broiled amber to actualize ache boughs and topping with amber Almond Pinecones. Yield: 16 servings.
Editor's Note: Torte can be able 2 canicule in advance. Cover with artificial blanket and abundance in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts: 1 confined (1 piece) equals 263 calories, 20 g fat (11 g saturated fat), 119 mg cholesterol, 106 mg sodium, 19 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.
