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Ingredients

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Pear, Almond & Chocolate Torte

  • 150 g unsalted butter, roughly chopped
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla paste (or extract)
  • 5 egg whites
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 360 g icing sugar
  • 120 g plain flour
  • 100 g blanched almonds
  • 150 g dark chocolate, broken into pieces
  • 2-3 --- small firm Packham pears (green skinned), peeled, cored and thinly sliced
  • 40 g flaked almonds
  • Double cream or whipped cream to serve
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    Pear, Almond & Chocolate Torte

  1. Preheat oven to 170oC, grease tart pan and set aside.

     

    2.  If starting with raw sugar, add to TM bowl and mill for 3 seconds on speed 7 then set aside.

    Add almonds to TM bowl and mill for 10 seconds on speed 7. Set almond meal aside.

    Add dark chocolate to TM bowl and grate for 3 seconds on speed 7. Set aside chocolate then wash and dry bowl.

     

    3.  Add butter and vanilla paste to TM bowl and mix for 2 minutes (on 80o if butter straight from fridge) on speed 3.  Set aside then wash and dry bowl.

     

    4.  Insert butterfly then add egg whites and salt in TM bowl and whip for 3 minutes on 37o speed 4 to form soft peaks. Remove butterfly.

     

    5.  Set time for 2 minutes on speed 3 then gradually pour in icing sugar followed by almond meal, flour and butter mixture.

     

    6.  Pour mixture into prepared tart pan then scatter over chocolate and arrange pear slices in circular pattern on top pressing down on pear slightly. Sprinkle with flaked almonds.

     

    7.  Place pan in oven and bake at 170oC for 1 hour or until puffed and just set (cover with foil if browning too quickly).  Remove from oven and set aside for 1 hour to cool to room temperature then remove torte from pan.

     

    8.  Slice and serve with cream.

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Tip

Recipe converted from Master Chef magazine, October 2012 - suggests you can use apple instead of pear if you prefer.

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  • This was an epic fail, dont

    Submitted by 5westleys on 11. July 2015 - 16:41.

    This was an epic fail, dont know what went wrong but its so sweet and I think the amount of sugar in it has something to do with why it failed.

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  • I made this today and the

    Submitted by Bods on 25. May 2014 - 02:31.

    I made this today and the family thought it was a resounding success, especially when accompanied with vanilla ice cream.  

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  • This was a real hit at work

    Submitted by Vanessa78 on 15. June 2013 - 13:05.

    This was a real hit at work for morning tea there was none left to bring home for my husband Cooking 7

     

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  • Oh yey, glad it 'worked' and

    Submitted by HAPPY HINKS on 30. October 2012 - 19:04.

    Oh yey, glad it 'worked' and you enjoyed!!

    Elise Hinkley, HAPPY HINKS

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  • This was spectacular! It

    Submitted by Garnsey on 16. October 2012 - 14:33.

    This was spectacular! It certainly impressed my guests. Thanks for the recipe.

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