PIEDMONT OF HAZELNUT CAKE

PIEDMONT OF HAZELNUT CAKE

(This recipe By Luciana R.)

The cake Piedmontese hazelnut pastry filled with a mixture of chopped nuts, eggs, sugar and cinnamon.

Ingredients for 8 people:

450g shortcrust pastry

Cinnamon to taste

50 g of butter

4 eggs

150 g of sugar

150 g of shelled hazelnutsPreparation

Finely chopped nuts and transfer them in a bowl: combine the sugar, egg yolks (keep frompart of the egg whites) and a pinch of cinnamon. Work the mixture with a wooden spoon,mixing in the same direction, add the melted butter and the egg whites firstmounted until stiff. With the pastry finely stretched, line a cake tin of about 23cm in diameter, fill with the mixture of hazelnuts and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 30 -40 minutes.

Recipe of 2012/01/13