Italian Desserts Recipes - Italian-style No-bake Cake (Torta Senza Cottura all' Italiana) Recipe

Ingredients                                 

•  100 g/4 oz/1/2 cup unsalted (sweet) butter

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

• 75 g/3 oz almond macaroons, or ready-made

• 175 g/6 oz/1 1/2 cups walnuts

• 50 g/2 oz/1/2 cup pine nuts

• 75 g/3 oz/1/2 cup glace (candied) cherries

• 30 ml/2 tbsp Grand Marnier liqueur

• 225 g/8 oz/1 cup Mascarpone cheese

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Method:

1. Line a 20 cm/8 in sandwich tin (pan) with Clingfilm (plastic wrap).

2. Melt the butter and chocolate in a saucepan over hot water until softened.

3. Remove from the heat and stir in the Amaretti biscuits, nuts and cherries.

4. Spoon the mixture into the sandwich tin and chill for approximately 1 hour until set.

5. Turn out on to a serving plate and remove the Clingfilm. Beat the Grand Marnier into the Mascarpone cheese and spread over the top of the cake.