Pear, Almond Chocolate Torte

You cant go past Dani Venns delicious combination of pear and chocolate, sweet and spongy. Mmmmm

The ingredient of Pear Almond Chocolate Torte

• 150g salted butter
• 1 vanilla bean seeds scraped
• 5 egg whites
• pinch salt
• 2 1 2 cups 350g pure icing sugar sifted extra for dusting
• 1 cup 120g plain flour
• 100g almond meal
• 50g flaked almonds
• 100g dark chocolate roughly chopped plus extra grated for serving
• 2 pears peeled and sliced 5cm thick

The Instruction of pear almond chocolate torte

• preheat oven to 170c 150c fan grease a 24cm x 5cm fluted tart pan with a loose base
• place the vanilla beans in to a small saucepan with the butter melt butter and cook gently over medium heat for 4 5 minutes until the mixture turns dark and nutty
• strain the butter into a bowl discard the solids and cool to room temperature
• whisk egg whites with pinch of salt until soft peaks form add half icing sugar and combine then fold in the remaining sugar flour and ground almonds
• stir through the burnt vanilla butter pour mixture into the pan and place sliced pears and chocolate chunks on top scatter with almond flakes
• bake for 1 hour or until the tart is puffed and just set remove from oven and cool to room temperature
• dust with icing sugar and garnish with grated dark chocolate

Nutritions of Pear Almond Chocolate Torte

fatContent: 573 839 calories
saturatedFatContent: 28 5 grams fat
carbohydrateContent: 13 grams saturated fat
sugarContent: 74 8 grams carbohydrates
fibreContent: 55 3 grams sugar
proteinContent: n a
cholesterolContent: 9 1 grams protein
sodiumContent: 43 milligrams cholesterol

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