Focaccia Di Mandorle (Almond Torte from Tuscany) Recipe

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Focaccia Di Mandorle (Almond Torte from Tuscany)
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Ingredients
11
Count
Nutrition
778
Calories
Total time
75
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 250 g ground blanched almonds (8 7/8 oz)
  • 250 g flour (8 7/8 oz)
  • 250 g soft butter (8 7/8 oz)
  • 250 g sugar
  • 300 ml milk
  • 1 vanilla bean (don'tsp use extract)
  • 100 g sugar (3 1/2 oz)
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 3 tbsp icing sugar
  • 100 g slivered almonds, toasted

Directions:

  1. Dough:.
  2. Mix all the dough ingredients and knead until smooth. Halve dough and form each half into a ball. Wrap them in cling film. Leave in the fridge for 1 hour.
  3. Preheat oven to 180°C/355°F Roll out each dough between 2 pieces of lining paper until you get a circle of 11 inches. Shape the circle with your hands, so that you will get a smooth edge. There is no need to get a perfect circle. Bake 15 minutes or until cooked and golden. Let cool.
  4. Custard:.
  5. Put milk into a pan. Slice vanilla bean lengthwise. Scratch out black stuff inside vanilla bean with the blade of a knife and add it to the milk together with the sliced vanilla bean. Bring to a boil. Let cool.
  6. Using an electric mixer, mix yolks and sugar for 2 minutes. Add flour and mix until well combined.
  7. Remove vanilla bean from milk. Add yolk mixture.
  8. Stirring all the time, cook mixture on medium-low heat until thickened. The mixture mustn't boil.
  9. Let custard cool, stirring frequently to avoid building a skin on top.
  10. Now you've got two variations. The original recipe says to spread 1 biscuit with the cooled filling, to top it with the remaining biscuit, to dust it with the icing sugar and to sprinkle it with the toasted slivered almonds. As I feared that the slivered almonds would fall off that way when you cut it, I reserved a small amount of the filling and spread it on top of the second biscuit, topped it then with the almonds and finally dusted the foccacia di mandorle with icing sugar.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 777.9 Kcal (3257 kJ)
Calories from fat 338.88 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 37.65g 58%
Cholesterol 82.62mg 28%
Sodium 671.07mg 28%
Potassium 464.95mg 10%
Total Carbs 99.03g 33%
Sugars 48.45g 194%
Dietary Fiber 7.56g 30%
Protein 18.02g 36%
Iron 3.7mg 20%
Calcium 234.9mg 23%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 353.46 Kcal (1480 kJ)
Calories from fat 153.98 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17.11g 58%
Cholesterol 37.54mg 28%
Sodium 304.92mg 28%
Potassium 211.26mg 10%
Total Carbs 45g 33%
Sugars 22.01g 194%
Dietary Fiber 3.43g 30%
Protein 8.19g 36%
Iron 1.7mg 20%
Calcium 106.7mg 23%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 17.9
    Points
  • 21
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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