Subject: opera torte
From: Saul
Date: 11/12/2020, 7:11 AM
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
On 11/11/2020 6:42 PM, Saul wrote:
Dear Uncle Phaedrus:
Here is my recollection of the Opera Torte from the famous Eclair
bakery and cafe:
A.M. Selinger’s Opera Torte
from his Eclair Bakery on West 72nd Street
as remembered by Saul
Topped with dark chocolate ganache, with wedges/triangles of dark
chocolate angled on top, supported by rosettes of frosting, ala dobosh
torte.
Six or seven layers of genoise, that may have contained chopped
hazelnuts or almonds
Buttercream filling, possibly flavored with kirsch, divided into
three, one praline vanilla (with finely chopped nuts), one mocha and
one chocolate
Two layers of crisp, thin dacquoise with finely chopped almonds or hazelnuts
Apricot glaze
Construction:
Read from bottom to top
Served with whipped cream
Dark Chocolate triangles/wedges
Dark Chocolate ganache
Seventh layer genoise?
Apricot under dacquoise
Chocolate buttercream
Sixth layer genoise
Mocha buttercream
Fifth layer genoise
Praline buttercream
Fourth layer genoise
Dacquoise glazed with apricot upside-down so apricot touches the
chocolate buttercream
Chocolate buttercream
Third layer genoise
Mocha buttercream
Second layer genoise
Praline buttercream
Bottom layer: genoise
Saul
Hello Saul,
I have previous posts on my site about the Eclair Bakery, but I cannot find that I have ever been
asked to find a recipe for "Opera Torte", So I am speculating that you are requesting me to find
the recipe for the Eclair Bakery Opera Torte.
I found your other post describing the Eclair Opera Torte here: Hungry Gerald. That is the only mention that I can find of the Eclair Bakery Opera Torte, but
there are other Opera Torte recipes on the web, such as this one: Food Network
Phaed
