Recipes · Russian · Desserts
Kartoshka (Russian Chocolate "Potato" Cakes)
One serving has 323 kcal and 6 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of copper (29%), selenium (21%), vitamin A (21%) and riboflavin (20%). Ready in 100 minutes.
- Preparation: 85 min
- Cooking: 15 min
- Makes: 1 serving (86.3 g)
- Difficulty: Easy
- Diets: Vegetarian
- Contains: alcohol, dairy, egg, gluten
Ingredients
- 45 g Sponge cake, a day old
- 15 g Butter, unsalted, soft
- 15 g Sweetened condensed milk
- 6 g Cocoa powder
- 0.3 g Vanilla extract
- 5 g Sugar, powdered
Method
- Crumble the sponge onto a tray and dry it in the oven at 120°C for 15 minutes, until crisp; leave it to cool, then grind it into fine crumbs.
- Set aside a fifth of the butter for decorating. Beat the rest with the condensed milk until light and smooth, then beat in most of the cocoa, keeping a little for rolling, and the vanilla.
- Work the crumbs into the chocolate butter and knead until the mixture holds together like soft clay when you squeeze it.
- Shape it into two ovals, the size and shape of small potatoes.
- Mix the cocoa you kept with a little of the powdered sugar and roll each "potato" in it.
- Beat the butter you set aside with the rest of the powdered sugar, and pipe or dot two or three small white "sprouts" on top of each one.
- Chill for at least 1 hour, until firm; kartoshka is a classic of Soviet pastry shops, and of home kitchens with sponge to use up.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 323 kcal | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 42.6 g | |
| Water | 20.1 mL | |
| Fiber | 2.2 g | 8% |
| Protein | 5.8 g | 12% |
| Tryptophan | 0.08 g | |
| Threonine | 0.24 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.28 g | |
| Leucine | 0.47 g | |
| Lysine | 0.35 g | |
| Methionine | 0.13 g | |
| Cystine | 0.1 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.29 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.23 g | |
| Valine | 0.34 g | |
| Histidine | 0.13 g | |
| Fat | 16.2 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 4.9 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 0.82 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0.01 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 0.58 g | |
| Saturated | 9.5 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0 g | |
| Cholesterol | 114 mg | |
| Calcium | 72.9 mg | 7% |
| Copper | 0.26 mg | 29% |
| Iron | 1.6 mg | 9% |
| Magnesium | 38.2 mg | 12% |
| Manganese | 0.31 mg | 17% |
| Phosphorus | 131 mg | 19% |
| Potassium | 215 mg | 5% |
| Selenium | 11.6 µg | 21% |
| Sodium | 125 mg | |
| Zinc | 0.83 mg | 10% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.09 mg | 8% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.22 mg | 20% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 0.71 mg | 5% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.39 mg | 8% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.04 mg | 3% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 21.6 µg | 5% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.26 µg | 11% |
| Choline | 16.9 mg | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 148 µg | 21% |
| Vitamin C | 0.39 mg | 1% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 0.9 IU | 0% |
| Vitamin E | 0.38 mg | 3% |
| Vitamin K | 1.3 µg | 1% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
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