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Though Brač island is legendary for its “white stone”, referred to as Brački Kamen, there’s that one village that was constructed with a completely totally different kind of stone. It was constructed with hrapaćuša/hrapoćuša stone. It appears very coarse even someway awkward, and it was used for making homes, constructing drywalls and nearly the whole lot else that wanted to be constructed. That place is Dol, which is hidden in the midst of Brač Island.
In honor of this life-giving stone, the women of Dol developed a cake that shares the identical title and a number of similarities in its look.
After we come to search for a recipe for hrapoćuša, it’s right here we discover a massive downside – each home has their very own secret manner of creating it. And, each lady jealously guards her recipe and people secret are handed to the youthful generations by way of oral custom so it’s nearly even unattainable to search out two equivalent recipes for this dessert.
Completely different quantities of eggs are sometimes the principle distinction, additionally some add walnuts within the biscuit, some add almonds…
Principally it is a cake with two separate, very distinct layers. The underside is a dense sponge made up of all of the egg yolks, a number of the whites, flour, and nuts.
Then, the highest layer is walnuts, sugar and nearly all of the egg whites. When merged collectively you’ll get a scrumptious dessert that is known as Brač’s ‘candy aphrodisiac’.
This cake is listed by Croatia’s Ministry of Tradition as protected intangible heritage so it needs to be no shock that an occasion is held that represents this cake. The occasion is known as “Hrapoćuša Evening” and it has taken place since 2010. Held annually on August, 16, as a part of the Feast of St. Roch. This occasion shouldn’t be missed when planning summer season occasions on the island of Brač.
Substances
For The Biscuit
- 12 egg yolks
- four egg whites
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- four tablespoons water, chilly
- 150g white sugar (3/four cup)
- 60g almonds floor (2.1 oz)
- 60g all-objective flour (0.5 cup)
- 1 tsp. vanilla sugar (or vanilla essence)
- 1 lemon zest
For The Topping
- eight egg whites
- 500g white sugar (2.5 cups)
- 600g walnuts (6 cups)
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Pinch of nutmeg
Directions
- In a medium-sized bowl separate the eight eggs yolks, add four entire eggs, sugar, and vanilla sugar. Combine it with an electrical mixer, till it is mild and ethereal
- Add water, flour, baking powder, almonds, and lemon zest and blend as soon as once more so the whole lot is nicely blended. (I selected to blanch and grind my very own almonds for further taste)
- Pour the batter into the greased springform tin (measurement 23cm) and bake it within the preheated oven for 20 minutes on 180° Celcius
- Whereas the batter is baking we are going to put together the topping. Combine the egg whites with the electrical mixer right into a foamy consistency however not too agency. With a picket spoon, fold within the walnuts and sugar and blend nicely
- Put the combination right into a medium saucepan, and prepare dinner over medium warmth. Stir the combination continually so it doesn’t stick or burn. It’ll take round 10 minutes to change into thick, sticky and golden brown
- Pour within the lemon juice and preserve stirring for an extra 6-7 minutes. Once you add the lemon juice and stir it in, you will notice that the combination turns into brighter in colour. After these 6-7 minutes, it would change into golden brown once more – at this level flip off the warmth and put aside
- When the underside layer of the cake is baked, take away it from the oven and scale back the oven temperature to 150° Celcius
- Utilizing a spoon add the walnut combination over the cake that simply got here out of the oven (go away it within the tin), ranging from the sides and transferring towards the center of the cake, unfold the combination it evenly, gently urgent the walnuts down
- Put the tin again into the oven and bake for an extra 30 minutes till the highest is mild brown
- Permit the cake to chill utterly within the tin earlier than eradicating and slicing. It’s best is to go away the cake in a single day
Notes
The cake will last as long as seven days, (I don’t imagine this has ever occurred) if saved in a cool, dry place just like the pantry, however not within the fridge.
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