Chocolate panforte di siena

July 13, 2014 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)

Chocolate panforte di siena

Serves: 2
Cooking Time: 30 mins

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.

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