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I’m not sure about you, but a sweet treat always goes down well in our household. I gave this raspberry and amaretto torta recipe a bash a few weeks ago and I have to say it was quite the pleaser.
I find baking a lot more daunting than cooking. A lot of cooking recipes leave space for a little creativity and ‘happy accidents’ which I am forever grateful for. However, for baking to be successful it relies on a little more precision. What I love about this recipe is that it’s pretty much foolproof and not that time consuming which is always a plus.
Let’s crack on and take a look at what you’ll need to make your very own gluten-free raspberry and amaretto torta!
Ingredients
400g Ground almonds
Frozen raspberries (as many as you like, go wild!)
5 eggs
180g Caster sugar
250g Unsalted butter
100ml of Amaretto (or a little less if you don’t want it to be too boozy...or if it’s only Tuesday!)
1 Heaped tsp of baking powder
2 tsp vanilla extract
Icing sugar for dusting
Method
Start by separating the egg yolks into a bowl, whisk and set aside for now.
Have the oven ready at low heat then pop the butter and amaretto in and allow to heat gently. After a couple of minutes add in the ground almonds to the mixture and combine. Lastly, pop in the yolks, raspberries, baking powder and vanilla extract. Give it all a good stir and leave to simmer on the low heat.
Take your egg whites from earlier and whisk thoroughly with the caster sugar. Once your mix has reached the texture whereby peaks can form, it’s ready. Now, gently fold into the almond mixture to combine and spread between two shallow greased and lined baking tins.
Pop the tins into the oven and bake for around 40 minutes at 170℃.
Once they’re fully baked and smelling temptingly sweet and tasty. Take out of the oven and transfer to wire racks to cool before dusting with icing sugar.
I chose to serve my slice with cream and fresh raspberries after heating ever so slightly. You could also try with a side of custard or even ice cream. All of the above sounds delicious to me!
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