Ingredients
Equipment
Method
Torte
- Set the oven 180C
- Oil a deep 22 cm fluted tart tin
- Line the tart tin base with baking paper
- Roast hazelnut meal and whole hazel nuts separately until a light golden colour
- Rub off the skin in a clean tea towel. Chop the whole hazelnuts roughly
- Separate the eggs yolks and whites
- Sieve the cocoa, add in the sugar, orange rind and orange juice.
- Whip the egg yolks lightly and add to the hazelnut mix and mix through
- In a clean bowl whip the egg white and add sugar in three stages and hip unitl medium peaks
- Whip until medium peaks
- Fold the egg whites through the hazelnut meal mix trying to ensure not to loose aeration
- Pour in to the tin.Bake 20 -25 mins.
- Set aside to cool completely before removing from tin
Ganache
- Boil the cream, milk and butter
- Pour into the chocolate. Let it sit for 30 seconds and mix until smooth and combined
- Set aside to cool
Caramelised Nuts
- Combine the sugar, water, glucose over the stove.
- Stir until the sugar is fully dissolved and starts to simmer
- Simmer 2-3 mins brushing down the sides to stop the crystals forming with a pastry brush dipped in water
- Once the sugar starts to boil stop stirring
- Allow the caramel to become a light amber.
- It will turn dark very Quickly so keep a close eye
- Remove from the heat
- Ensure the nuts are kept warm in the oven
- Pour the caramel over the nuts and coat
- Take two forks and pop the covered hazelnuts onto a silpat mat
- Separate and let cool
White Chocolate Circles
- Melt the chocolate either in a microwave or over a double boiler
- Make a paper piping bag
- Pipe 12 circles 2cm onto an acetate sheet
- Dust with cocoa
- Pop another acetate sheet over the top
- Pop in the fridge to set
Decoration
- Once the cake is cool take out of the tin
- Turn upside down. The base is the top
- Spread an even layer of ganache over the top
- Decorate with the caramelised hazelnuts and white chocolate circles
Notes
Note 1 - Couverture chocolate 40-55% is ideal but you will still get good results using Dark baking chocolate
Note 2- White Couverture chocolate is ideal but you will still get good results using White baking chocolate- look for cocoa butter in the ingredients on pack
