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Ingredients
Pastry
- 30 g raw sugar
- 20 g raw almonds
- 210 g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
- 10 g cocoa powder
- 130 g unsalted butter, chilled, plus extra for greasing
- 1 pinch salt (optional)
- 1 egg yolk
- ¼ tsp natural almond extract
- 1 - 2 tsp water
Filling
- 230 g raw almonds
- 140 g white sugar
- 200 g dark chocolate
- 130 g unsalted butter
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp natural almond extract
- 2 pears, peeled, cored, cut into halves and cut into thin slices lengthways (5 mm)
Apricot glaze
- 50 g apricot jam
- 1 tbsp water
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 1779.5 kJ / 423.7 kcal
- Protein
- 7.8 g
- Carbohydrates
- 32 g
- Fat
- 29.3 g
- Saturated Fat
- 13.7 g
- Fibre
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 41.7 mg
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