Kona Macadamia-Caramel Torte

Name: Kona Macadamia-Caramel Torte
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams cup butter or margarine, cut in chunks; 1 large egg; 1 large egg white, beaten until frothy; 651 milliliters all-purpose flour; 354 grams 1/2 cups roasted, salted macadamia nuts; 591 milliliters sugar; 237 milliliters whipping cream

Kona Macadamia-Caramel Torte is a vegetarian recipe with 16 servings. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 5g of protein, 18g of fat, and a total of 390 calories. Head to the store and pick up sugar, roasted, flour, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Reserve 3 or 4 whole nuts for garnish. Rub remaining macadamias in a towel to remove excess salt; lift nuts from towel and set aside.

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Macadamia Nuts

Nuts

Salt

Dry Seasoning Rub

With your fingers or a food processor, mix or whirl flour, 1/2 cup sugar, and butter until mixture is fine crumbs.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

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Food Processor

Add egg and mix with a fork or whirl until dough holds together; pat into a ball.

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Dough

Egg

Press 2/3 of the pastry over the bottom and sides of a 1 1/2-inch-deep, 9-inch-wide round cake pan with removable rim. Cover and chill.

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Cake Form

Roll remaining pastry between 2 sheets of waxed paper into a 9-inch-wide round. Chill flat.

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Roll

Meanwhile, pour remaining 2 cups sugar into a 10- to 12-inch nonstick frying pan. Set over medium-high heat and stir often until sugar melts and turns pale amber, about 7 minutes.

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Sugar

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Frying Pan

Pour in cream (mixture will bubble up) and remove from heat. Stir until sauce is smooth, about 5 minutes. Stir in nuts (except those reserved for garnish).

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Cream

Sauce

Nuts

Let nut mixture cool 10 to 20 minutes, then pour into pastry shell.

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Pastry Shells

Peel 1 sheet of waxed paper from pastry round and invert pastry onto nut-filled torte. Peel off remaining paper. Fold edges of top pastry in until flush with pan rim. Press pastry rim with the flour-dipped tines of a fork to seal.

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All Purpose Flour

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Frying Pan

Brush top of torte lightly with beaten egg white.

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Egg Whites