Chocolate Panforte
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A traditional Italian dessert made with nuts, fruits, chocolate and honey
22 December, 2012
ingredients
All purpose flour
150 g
Honey
150 g, Acacia variety
Walnuts
150 g
Hazelnuts
150 g
Almonds
150 g
Dark chocolate
100 g
Lemons
100 g, candied
Oranges
100 g, candied
Cherries
100 g, candied
Figs
100 g, dried
Cinnamon
1 pinch
Pepper
1 pinch
Cloves
1
Nutmeg
1 pinch
Ginger
1 pinch, fresh, chopped
Rice paper wrappers
1 sheet
Icing sugar
200 g + 20 g for decoration
Preparation
In a large bowl, combine walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts - all peeled, toasted and coarsely chopped -, minced dried figs, chopped citron and candied orange cut into bits, cinnamon, pepper, cloves, nutmeg, ginger and flour.
Add chocolate cut into bits.
Heat icing sugar, honey and 15 ml water in a small pan, stirring well. Remove from heat when the mixture reaches a boil. Add the mixture of fruit, spices and chocolate.
Mix well. Cover the bottom of a cake pan with edible rice paper and place the mixture in it, coating your hands with flour and forming a disk 2 cm thick.
Cook for half an hour in an oven preheated to 150° C. Remove from the oven when ready and cool, then sprinkle with icing sugar.
Wine pairing: Vin Santo Riserva
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