Torta Di Mandorle Molisana
Ingredients – Serves 8
- 200g of peeled almonds
- 150g of sugar
- 6 eggs
- 1 lemon
- 1 pinch of salt
- Icing sugar, to taste
Method
To prepare the Molise almond cake, start by pouring the almonds into a food processor and chopped to obtain a “floury” mixture. Keep the flour obtained aside.
Divide the egg whites from the yolks, and whip the latter with the sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy.
Continue by adding the almond flour and the filtered lemon juice and mix to mix all the ingredients. In another bowl, whisk the egg whites until stiff with the salt, then add the whipped egg whites to the egg and almond mixture. Mix from the bottom up and gently so as not to disassemble the mixture.
Pour everything into a cake pan lined with baking paper and bake in a preheated oven at 160 ° C for 30 minutes, remembering never to open the oven during cooking to prevent the cake from deflating.
When cooked, remove the Molise almond cake from the oven and let it cool completely before sprinkling with icing sugar.