Recipe

Hazelnut Torte Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Luisascatering / All my dishes 1 year, 4 months ago Adapted from one of my favorite male chefs, Jamie Oliver. Prep:15m Cook:30m Servings:8	Luisascater
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Ingredients

4 oz butter, softened to room temperature, plus extra for cake pan

3/4 cups hazelnuts (without skins)

3/4 cups sugar

4 large free-range or organic eggs, separated

zest of 1 orange

2 tablespoons all purpose flour

3/4 cups fresh whole milk ricotta cheese

a pinch of kosher salt

3 heaped tablespoons apricot jam

4 tbsp best-quality cooking chocolate (70% cocoa solids), finely grated

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375°F. Butter a 11 inch loose-bottomed flan tin or cheesecake mould, line it with parchment paper and place it in the fridge. Put the hazelnuts on to a baking tray and roast in the oven for about 5 minutes until lightly golden. Allow to cool, then whizz up in a food processor until you have a fine powder — be careful not to over-whizz. You can bash the nuts up in a tea towel using a rolling pin if you don’t have a food processor.

Beat the butter and sugar together either in the food processor, or in a bowl with a whisk, until pale. Add the egg yolks one by one, and the orange zest. Sieve in the flour, crumble in the ricotta and stir in the powdered hazelnuts.

In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until they are really stiff, then fold them slowly into the hazelnut mixture. Pour the mixture into the cake tin and bake in the preheated oven for around 25-30 minutes until there is a little color on the top of the torte. You can check to see that it’s ready by sticking a cocktail stick into the centre of the torte. It should come out clean and not sticky.

Remove from the oven and allow to cool. While it’s cooling, place the jam in a little pan with 4 tablespoons of water and bring this slowly up to the boil. Brush this over the top of the torte and, when cool, sprinkle with the grated chocolate. Serve with some crème fraîche or fromage frais.

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