Chocolate panforte di siena
Ingredients
- 100g butter
- 330g honey
- 350g good-quality dark
- chocolate, chopped
- 175g cake flour
- 5g mixed spice
- 50g cocoa powder
- 250g dried apricots, chopped
- 200g dried figs, chopped
- 300g flaked almonds
- 100g pistachio nuts
- 100g icing sugar, for dusting
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 160°C. Line 2 x 15cm x 3cm ring cake tins with baking paper.
2
Boil the butter and honey, and add the chocolate. Mix in the flour, spice and cocoa until smooth. Mix in the apricots, figs, almonds and nuts.
3
Halve the mixture and press into the prepared tins. Place another sheet of baking paper over the top to protect it from the heat while baking. Bake for 15 minutes.
4
Allow to cool, dust with icing sugar and cut into thin slices.