Monday, 16 June 2014
CHOCOLATE CHESTNUT TORTE
Ingredients:
200g Fairtrade plain
chocolate, broken into squares
150g butter
50ml brandy
150g unsweetened chestnut purée
4 free range eggs
100g Fairtrade caster sugar
2 tsp vanilla essence
90g ground almonds
30g Fairtrade white chocolate
Method:
Heat oven to 180°C.
Melt the butter and chocolate in a bowl above a pan of boiling water.
Beat chestnut purée and brandy in a small bowl.
Whisk eggs, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl until pale and thick (about 5 minutes with an electric hand mixer).
Fold the chestnut mix into the eggs, then fold in the almonds and the chocolate mixture.
Pour into a clip sided greased 20cm tin and bake for 25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Melt white chocolate and drizzle over the top.
Labels:
MISC.
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