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Potato Pastry made of Cookies with Condensed Milk
Instructions
Break the cookies into small pieces.
Grind them to a rough flour consistency in a blender. You can pass it through a meat grinder. Divide the ground mass into two parts.
Place a bowl with butter on a steam bath, cutting it into cubes beforehand. Melt it. Pour into the bowl where all the components of the cake will be combined.
Pour one part of the ground cookies and cocoa powder into the butter. Mix.
In the bowl where the butter was melted, add the chocolate, broken into pieces. Melt it in a steam bath.
Transfer to the main mass. Mix.
Add condensed milk. Mix.
We have combined almost all the ingredients. It is clear that the mass is too liquid. Add the second part of the cookies. Stir.
The mass is thick enough. Knead it well.
Prepare the candied fruits. In this recipe, dried candied pineapple cubes were used. They are small in size, but for the potato cake, it's better to cut them into even smaller pieces.
Add the chopped pineapples to the prepared mass. Knead. I think that instead of candied fruits, you could try nuts or dried fruits, finely chopped beforehand.
A standard "potato" cake has the shape of a ball or an oval, like a pie. As an experiment, you can try other shapes. Roll out a cake layer 1.5 cm thick and press with a culinary mold for a different silhouette.
If there are no cookie molds, you can shape any forms by hand – classic bricks, cubes, balls. About sizes. Some like to make cakes large, palm-sized – so that, as they say, "the mouth rejoices". I made the cakes small in size, for 2-3 bites. The potato cake turns out quite sweet, even cloyingly so for my taste. Place the prepared cakes on a plate, tray, and put them in the fridge for 3-4 hours.P.S. You can roll the balls in coconut flakes if available. Then place them to cool.
When the cake "Potato" made of cookies with condensed milk has solidified, you can sprinkle powdered sugar for decoration. Enjoy!
Tips
- 1
Use quality sandwich cookies for best finished flavor. Cheap cookies produce flat one-dimensional results; properly quality cream-filled sandwich cookies produce the proper signature rich nostalgic character authentic to traditional Soviet-Russian potato-cake preparations. The cookie quality matters more than home cooks typically realize for finished cake-quality and overall family-meal success consistently across batches reliably across various nostalgic-dessert occasions throughout the year for proper traditional Russian-Soviet results consistently.
- 2
Melt butter and chocolate in steam bath for proper finished texture. Direct heat scorches and ruins the mixture; properly steam-bath gentle melting produces the proper signature smooth combined character authentic to traditional Russian-Soviet no-bake cake preparations. The same gentle-melting principle elevates many no-bake preparations including creamy sausage made of cookies with nuts across various traditional Russian-Soviet culinary occasions throughout the year reliably.
- 3
Add half the cookies last for proper finished thickness control. Adding all cookies at once produces too-thick or too-liquid mass; properly two-stage addition (first half with cocoa-butter, second half after condensed milk) produces the proper signature pliable shapeable character authentic to traditional Russian-Soviet potato-cake preparations. The patient two-stage principle pays back significantly in finished cake-quality consistently across batches and various no-bake preparations throughout the year for proper traditional results worth showcasing reliably across various family-meal occasions for proper home-cooking results.
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Pair the finished potato cakes with traditional accompaniments for proper presentation. Serve cold with hot tea, coffee, alongside fresh fruit for substantial tea-time spreads, or as kids' party dessert for elegant nostalgic Soviet-Russian presentations worth showcasing across various entertaining occasions reliably. Pair with crusty homemade bread tea-time accompaniments for substantial dessert spreads throughout the year for proper traditional results worth showcasing reliably across various family-meal occasions throughout the year.
FAQ
Can I use nuts instead of candied fruits? +
Yes, walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, pistachios, or mixed nuts all work beautifully as substitutes producing equally delicious results. Each option produces distinct character: candied fruits provide bright sweet pops, walnuts add earthy depth, hazelnuts add elegant aroma, almonds provide delicate crunch, pistachios add color and richness. Finely chop nuts before mixing for even distribution. Mix and match additions for endless variations across various Russian-Soviet potato-cake traditions throughout the year for proper personalized finished results consistently.
How long do potato cakes keep? +
Stored covered in the refrigerator, the cakes keep for 5-7 days at peak quality. The flavors meld and improve over the first 24 hours as components marry beautifully. Keep refrigerated due to dairy butter content. The cakes freeze adequately for up to 2 months — thaw in refrigerator overnight before serving. Best consumed within 4-5 days for the brightest most appealing finished results across multiple dessert applications throughout the year reliably across various family-meal occasions throughout the year for proper traditional Russian-Soviet character.
Can I make this without chocolate? +
Yes, you can omit chocolate for lighter cocoa-only variation producing equally delicious results. Each option produces distinct character: chocolate version provides deep rich Russian-Soviet authenticity, cocoa-only version produces lighter brown color and milder cocoa flavor. Increase cocoa powder slightly (to 40g) when omitting chocolate for proper color depth. Alternatively, use white chocolate for completely different vanilla-cream flavor profile. Choose based on flavor preference and ingredient availability for proper finished potato-cake variations consistently throughout the year reliably.
Why is my mass too liquid? +
Three usual causes: too much butter relative to cookies, insufficient cookie crumbs, or warm environment preventing solidification. Address proper butter-cookie ratio (200g butter per 500g cookies), full cookie crumb addition (both portions), and refrigerator chilling time (3-4 hours minimum) for consistently thick shapeable results. The combination of proper ratios, complete crumb addition, and patient chilling produces dramatic consistency-quality reliably across various no-bake preparation sessions throughout the year for proper traditional Russian-Soviet results consistently.
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