Chocolate Hazelnut Torte

Name: Chocolate Hazelnut Torte
Prep time: 5 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 170 grams fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened; not more than 60% cacao); 118 milliliters stick unsalted butter plus additional for greasing pan; 8 servings Garnish: Passover confectioners sugar; 4 larges eggs, separated, at room temperature for 30 minutes; 142 grams cup hazelnuts; 2 Tbsps potato starch; 0 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Chocolate Hazelnut Torte If you have eggs, salt, garnish: passover confectioners sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 5 hours. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and fodmap friendly diet.

Instructions

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.

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Oven

Generously butter bottom and side of springform pan, then line bottom with a round of parchment paper and butter parchment paper.

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Butter

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Baking Paper

Springform Pan

Toast hazelnuts in a shallow baking pan in oven, shaking pan once or twice, until golden, about 12 minutes.

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Hazelnuts

Toast

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Baking Pan

Oven

Place nuts in a kitchen towel and rub off any loose skins while nuts are still warm, then cool nuts completely.

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Nuts

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Kitchen Towels

Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.

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Oven

While nuts cool, melt butter and chocolate together in a heatproof bowl set over a pot of simmering water.

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Chocolate

Butter

Water

Nuts

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Bowl

Pot

Pulse hazelnuts in a food processor with potato starch, salt, and 1/4 cup sugar until finely ground. (Be careful not to grind to a paste.)

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Potato Starch

Hazelnuts

Sugar

Salt

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Food Processor

Whisk together yolks and 2 tablespoons sugar in a large bowl.

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Sugar

Egg Yolk

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Whisk

Bowl

Whisk in chocolate mixture, then add nut mixture and vanilla and whisk until combined (mixture will be slightly grainy).

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Chocolate

Vanilla

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Whisk

Beat whites with a pinch of salt in another bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until they hold soft peaks.

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Salt

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add remaining 2 tablespoons sugar a little at a time, beating, and beat until whites just hold stiff peaks. Fold one fourth of whites into chocolate mixture to lighten, then fold in remaining whites gently but thoroughly.

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Chocolate

Sugar

Pour batter into springform pan, then bake until a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs adhering, 35 to 40 minutes.

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Springform Pan

Oven

Skewers

Transfer to a rack and cool completely in pan, about 1 hour. Run a knife around edge of torte to loosen, then remove side of pan. Dust with Passover confectioners sugar.

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Powdered Sugar