Chocolate Torte, Almond Biscuits, Ingredients

Chocolate

Torte

12 portions

Ingredients

300 g butter

300 g bitter-sweet chocolate

(70% cocoa) melted in bain-marie

200 g granulated sugar

50 g flour “00”

50 g chopped amaretto biscuits

2 g salt, 5 g baking powder, 5 eggs

Accessories

whisk

single portion aluminium moulds

dito electrolux ditomix 5 11

Biscuits

Serves 6-8

Ingredients

500 g sweet almonds (peeled)

10 g bitter almonds

500 g powdered sugar

3 egg whites

1 grated orange peel

20 g honey (acacia)

Accessories

flat hook

baking tray

1Cut butter into pieces, put into Ditomix bowl and work with whisk at speed 2 for 2 min. and then speed 4 for another 2 min.

2Stop Ditomix, add all other ingredients except for eggs. Then re-start and continue mixing at speed 2, adding the eggs one at a time

3Butter moulds and sprinkle with cocoa. Pour mixture into moulds (2/3 full)

4Freeze moulds for at least 24 hours

5Bake frozen moulds at 250°C for 10/12 min., let stand for 5 min. and serve hot

1Grind almonds and put into Ditomix bowl

2Add powdered sugar, honey, orange peel and work mixture with flat hook at speed 2

3Add 1 egg white (add another egg white if mixture seems too thick)

4Work paste adding powdered sugar in order to form a roll (3 cm diameter)

5Cut roll every 4 cm and place biscuits on slightly greased baking tray

6Bake at 220°C for approx. 10 min.