CHOCOLATE ALMOND TORTE (TORTA CAPRESE)

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Categories     Cake     Chocolate     Egg     Nut     Dessert     Bake     Almond     Party     Gourmet

Yield Makes 1 torte

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 3/4 sticks (7/8 cup) unsalted butter
7 ounces (1 1/4 cups) blanched whole almonds
6 ounces fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened)
4 large eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
Garnish: confectioners' sugar
Accompaniment: whipped cream

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350° F. and butter a 10-inch cake pan. Line bottom of pan with a round of wax paper and butter paper.
  • Melt butter and cool. In a food processor finely grind together almonds and chocolate. Separate eggs.
  • In a bowl with an electric mixer beat yolks with granulated sugar until very thick and pale and beat in almond mixture and butter.
  • In another bowl with cleaned beaters beat whites with a pinch salt until they just hold stiff peaks and whisk one fourth into almond mixture. Fold in remaining whites gently but thoroughly and spread batter evenly in pan.
  • Bake torte in middle of oven 50 minutes, or until it begins to pull away from side of pan and a tester comes out with moist crumbs adhering. Cool torte on a rack 5 minutes and invert onto another rack. Discard wax paper and cool torte completely. Invert torte onto a plate. Torte may be made 1 day ahead and kept, wrapped well in plastic wrap, at room temperature.
  • Dust torte with confectioners' sugar and serve with whipped cream.

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