Recipe: Corsican Hazelnut Cake with Orange

Name: Corsican Hazelnut Cake with Orange
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 180 g de Farine tamisée; 120 g de sucre semoule; 3 oeufs (type 0)(3jaunes et 3 blancs); 100 g de beurre clarifié et refroidi ou 100 g de beurre d'Echiré; 20 cl de crème liquide (30%); 1 sachet de levure chimique; 60 g de noisettes corses (si possible) concassées et torréfiées a la poêle; 60 g de confiture d'oranges du Cap Corse (si vous trouvez) ou une belle confiture avec des zestes.; 40 g de châtaignes cuites et concassées.

By chef patrick Asfaux ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 (3 reviews) Desserts

Prep 15 min

Cook 45 min

Total 1h

Servings 6 serv.

Ingredients for 6 servings

180 g of sifted flour
120 g of caster sugar
3 eggs (type 0)(3 yolks and 3 whites)
100 g of clarified butter and cooled or 100 g of Echiré butter
20 cl of liquid cream (30%)
1 packet of baking powder
60 g of Corsican hazelnuts (if possible) crushed and toasted in a pan
60 g of Cape Corse orange jam (if you can find it) or a nice jam with zest.
40 g of cooked chestnuts and crushed.

Step-by-step directions

1 Preheat your oven to 180°C (Gas mark 6).

2 In a bowl place your 3 yolks, then pour the caster sugar, whiten slightly, then add in order, cream, flour, then soft butter and the toasted hazelnuts.

3 In a bowl, whip the whites and when they form "stiff peaks" pour some into your mixture stirring with a whisk then add the rest by lifting with a spatula or wooden spoon and pour half into a rectangular mold lightly oiled, add the chestnuts a little orange jam all along then cover everything.

4 Bake for 40 minutes and do as usual insert a skewer in the center which should come out dry.
My thanks go to my friend Xavier Calizi for his shipments from his farm located in Cape Corse.

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