Split 5 eggs, the
whites will not be used. Bring 1/4 cup of water to the boil with 50
gram sugar and the cinnamon, cook a few minutes while stirring. Add
the egg yolks and heat on very low heat until the mixture thickens,
keep stirring, make sure the mixture doesn't boil. Split the
remaining eggs, whisk the egg whites until stiff, whisk the yolks
with 100 gram sugar for a few minutes. Add 200 gram walnuts, the
breadcrumbs and the egg whites. Put the mixture in a greased mold
and bake it half an hour at 160 degrees Celsius. Slice the cake and
distribute the egg yolk mixture, which you made before, on the
bottom layer, put the second layer on top. Whip the cream with 50
gram sugar and spread this over the top of the pie. Heat the
remaining sugar with a tablespoon of water and the remaining nuts
and caramelize while stirring. Allow these nuts to cool down and
distribute them over the pie.
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Bring the apples to
the boil with 2 tablespoons water, the prunes, the sugar (keep 2 tablespoons behind) and 50
gram butter; simmer for 20 minutes. Drain the apples, save the fluid
and reduce it on high heat until it becomes syrup. Pour this back
over the apples and prunes. Mix the flour with 175 gram butter, the
egg and 2
tablespoons of sugar and knead well. Divide into two pieces, one
slightly bigger than the other; roll each out into a circle. Put
the smaller circle
on the bottom of a greased pie mold. Spoon the apple prune mixture
on top and close it off with the second dough circle. Bake the pie 50 minutes at 180 degrees
Celsius.
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