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 Torta Caprese | Status Approved | | Name |  Torta Caprese | | Category | Cakes & Pastries, Desserts, Italian | | Serves/Yields | 8 servings | | Difficulty | Easy | | Prep. Time | 20 min | | Cook Time | 1 hours | | Introduction | | This is a very old recipe , originated on the beautiful isle of Capri.
For best results, get some really good dark chocolate. | | Ingredients | | 10 oz (300g) blanched almonds
7 oz (200g) dark chocolate
8 oz butter
8 oz granulated_sugar
6 large eggs (yolks and whites separed)
2 Tbsp Sambuca liquor or Strega liquor
Confectioners_sugar for garnish. | | Directions | | Step: 1 | Preheat oven at 350°F / 180°C
Butter and flour a 10 inch baking pan
Grind the almonds to a fine powder in a blender or food processor, but take care to not turn them into a paste.
Grate the chocolate.
Melt the butter in a heavy saucepan on low heat.
| | Step: 2 | Mix togheter egg yolks, chocolate, sugar, almonds and the melted butter.
Beat egg whites until very stiff. Gently fold the beaten egg whites into the almond mixture and finally add the liquor.
Gently scrape the batter into the prepared pan . Bake for about one hour, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and the top looks dry. Cool cake completely before dusting with confectioner's sugar. |
Time submitted: Monday, March 12. 2007 at 19:51:08 Contributed By: guido
Rate It| Average score: 2.33 () votes: 3 |  |  | |  |  |  | Comments
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By paulamathers on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 @ 21:01:02 CET
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