Bill Yosses

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Chestnut Cake With Chocolate Ganache And Single-Malt Scotch Syrup

Bill Yosses · NYT Cooking

The combination of chestnuts, chocolate and single-malt Scotch is powerful, so you’ll need to frost this with milk chocolate instead of the usual bittersweet. The milk chocolate ganache tempers the Scotch and mellows the chestnuts, and brings the whole dessert together harmoniously. The cake itself is almost a meringue. Use your best single-malt for this — a lesser one will make for a good but not great result.

Serves 8

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