Italian Desserts Recipes - Chocolate Nut Torta (Torta di Noce e Cioccolato) Recipe

Ingredients                               

• 175 g/6 oz/1 1/4 cups ground walnuts

• 175 g/6 oz/3/4 cup caster (superfine) sugar

• 4 eggs, separated

• 5 ml/1 tsp vanilla essence (extract)

• 175 g/6 oz plain (semi-sweet) chocolate, grated

• 5 ml/1 tsp melted butter

• 15 ml/1 tbsp chopped walnuts

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Method:

1. Put the nuts and sugar in a basin, beat in the egg yolks, vanilla essence and the chocolate.

2. Whisk the egg whites very stiffly and fold carefully into the chocolate mixture.

3. Butter an ovenproof dish and sprinkle with the chopped nuts.

4. Pour in the mixture and bake in a preheated oven at 190°C/375°F/gas mark 5 for 25 minutes until risen and cooked through.