domenica 10 dicembre, dalle ore 16:00 alle ore 18:00, il nostro Luigi ti mostrerà la sua personale interpretazione della Torta Sacher, tradizionale Austriaca, dove il cioccolato è il protagonista indiscusso.
Durante la preparazione ti saranno spiegati i passaggi più importanti, dal Pan di Spagna realizzato con burro e cioccolato fuso, alla farcitura e glassatura, ed infine la decorazione con “saccapoche” a mano libera.
In 1832, Prince Wenzel von Metternich charged his personal chef with creating a special dessert for several important guests. The head chef, having taken ill, let the task fall to his sixteen-year-old apprentice, Franz Sacher, then in his second year of training in Metternich’s kitchen.
The Prince is reported to have declared, “Let there be no shame on me tonight!” While the torte created by Sacher on this occasion is said to have delighted Metternich’s guests, the dessert received no immediate further attention. Sacher completed his training as a chef and afterward spent time in Bratislava (Pressburg) and Budapest, ultimately settling in his hometown of Vienna, where he opened a specialty delicatessen and wine shop.
Sacher’s eldest son Eduard carried on his father’s culinary legacy, completing his own training in Vienna with the Royal and Imperial Pastry Chef at the Demel bakery and chocolatier, during which time he perfected his father’s recipe and developed the torte into its current form. The cake was first served at the Demel and later at the Hotel Sacher, established by Eduard in 1876. Since then, the cake remains among the most famous of Vienna’s culinary specialties.
