Spicy Chocolate Panforte
From jo_jo_ba 12 years ago
- 1 1/2 hours to make
- Serves 36
This Christmas cake (originally from Sienna) has a chewy, almost taffy-like texture which comed from melted chocolate, sugar, honey and (my secret ingredient) melted Tootsie Rolls. A hefty dose of cocoa powder, mincemeat, nuts and seeds gives this a flavour that's hard to resist!
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup sugar shopping list
- ½ cup honey shopping list
- 50 g butter shopping list
- 100 g miniature Tootsie rolls shopping list
- 70 g bittersweet chocolate, chopped shopping list
- 300 g mincemeat such as mincemeat.html">All In Meatless mincemeat shopping list
- 1 cup flour shopping list
- 2/3 cup ground almonds shopping list
- 1 cup cocoa powder shopping list
- 1 tsp cinnamon shopping list
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice shopping list
- ½ tsp ground cardamom shopping list
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper shopping list
- Grated zest of 1 orange shopping list
- 300 g mixed nuts and/or seeds (I used almonds, walnuts, cashews, sunflower seeds, and pumpkin seeds) shopping list
- 50 g chopped dried figs shopping list
- 50 g chopped dried apricots shopping list
- pinch salt shopping list
- icing sugar, to dust shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 320°F and line a 9" square pan with parchment.
- Stir sugar, honey, butter, Tootsie Rolls, chocolate and mincemeat in a pan over low heat for 3-5 minutes until sugar dissolves.
- Sift flour, ground almonds, cocoa and spices into a large bowl. See Photo
- Add zest, nuts, figs, apricots, salt and mince mixture.
- Stir to combine well – it will be quite stiff. See Photo
- Press into the prepared pan (I like placing a piece of parchment or cling wrap on the surface and using a second pan to press it evenly).
- Bake for 30-35 minutes, until firm and dull-looking on top. See Photo
- Cool in pan, then invert onto a board and dust with icing sugar.
- Cut into 36 pieces.
- Wrap well in plastic and age at room temperature for 1 day, then transfer to an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 month.
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