For
Cake
3 cups (700g) flour
2 1/2 cups (650g) sugar
1 cup (250g) Valor
dark chocolate, melted (approx. 2 bars)
1 teaspoon ground piquillo pepper
1/4 cup (25g) baking soda
4 1/3 cups (1 liter) milk
2 cups olive oil
1/4 cup vinegar
- Mix all dry ingredients.
- Heat milk and stir in warm
chocolate.
- Stir milk into dry
ingredients
- Stir olive oil and
vinegar.
- Bake at 300 degrees for
approximately 30 minutes.
For Almond Custard
4 1/3 (1 liter) milk
12 egg yolks
1 cup sugar
1 cup ground almonds
- Heat milk with ground
almonds.
- Stir yolks and sugar
together.
- Temper yolks with hot milk
mixture.
- Return to heat and cook
custard slowly over a double boiler until it becomes very
thick.
- Let cool in refrigerator.
For Crepes
1/2 cup (100g) flour
6 (100g) eggs
3/4 cup (150g) milk
1 tablespoon melted butter
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground saffron
- Stir dry ingredients
together.
- Stir in all other
ingredients.
- Cook crepes in a hot pan
keeping them as thin as possible.
For Ice Cream
3 cups (750 ml) whipping cream
1 cup sugar
12 egg yolks
1 cup (250 ml) Catalan extra virgin olive oil
- Heat ream until almost
boiling.
- Stir yolks with sugar.
- Temper yolks and return to
heat cooking slowly until mixture is thick enough to coat
the back of a spoon.
- Strain and let cool in
refrigerator.
- Finish in an ice cream
machine.
For Tortilla
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 tortilla shell
- Heat sugar and water for
high heat until it becomes a light amber colour.
- Slice tortilla shell into
thin strips and dip in hot sugar mixture.
- Let cool on a tray at room
temperature.
To
Assemble
- Place a crepe flat on a
table.
- Cut a disk of cake to fit
in the middle of the crepe leaving a lot of room at the
edges.
- Spoon the almond custard
over the cake.
- Pull crepe closed at the
top and twist slightly being careful not to break it.
- Lay crepe on its side on
one side of a plate.
- Lay some candied tortilla
strips on the other side of the plate and top with a
quenelle of the ice cream.
- Finish with a slight
drizzle of olive oil in a ring around the plate.