Chocolate, Date & Hazelnut Meringue Torte Recipe

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Chocolate, Date & Hazelnut Meringue Torte
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Ingredients
11
Count
Nutrition
587
Calories
Total time
110
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Cake:.
  2. Preheat oven to 180c (170C fan forced).
  3. First, prepare the nuts. Place the hazelnuts on a baking tray and bake at 180C for exactly 8 minutes (set a timer so you don't burn them).
  4. Remove nuts from oven, wrap in a tea towel and then rub firmly to remove as much skin as possible. You may have to do this a couple of times and rub stubborn ones between your fingers. Don't fuss too much if some skin won't come off - just get rid of as much of the loose papery stuff as possible.
  5. Put skinned and roasted hazelnuts into a food processor and chop roughly. Place nuts into a medium mixing bowl.
  6. Now break up the chocolate and place it in the food processor and chop roughly. Don't worry if it's not evenly chopped, some will be like grated chocolate, and you'll have some larger bits. That's fine. Just don't overchop it. Add chocolate to nuts in mixing bowl.
  7. Cut dates in half then process in a food processor until finely chopped, but be careful not to pulverise them to mush. Add dates to mixing bowl.
  8. Using your hands or a spoon, mix nuts, chocolate and dates well.
  9. Now, spray a 22-24cm (9 ) springform tin with spray oil and line base and sides with silicone paper. Paper should come 2.5cm-5cm (an inch or two) over the top of the tin.
  10. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat egg whites until soft peaks form, then add sugar, 1 tablespoon a time, beating after each addition, until all the sugar is used. Continue beating until mixture is stiff and glossy.
  11. Note: If you don't have a large mixer, it's a good idea to divide the egg whites and sugar in half and beat each half in a different medium sized bowl.
  12. Using a spatula, gently fold date, hazelnut and chocolate mixture into the egg whites until well combined.
  13. Spoon mixture evenly into prepared tin, smooth top and bake on the centre shelf of the oven at 180C (170C fan forced) for 50 minutes.
  14. After 50 minutes, turn off oven, but DO NOT OPEN THE OVEN DOOR! Leave the cake in the oven overnight (or at least for several hours until the oven is completely cold) without opening the door.
  15. The next morning, you can remove the cake from the oven and decorate it just before serving.
  16. Ganache:.
  17. It's best to make the chocolate ganache the day before too. Simply bring the cream to a boil, remove from the heat, add the chopped chocolate and stir until chocolate is melted. Pour into small bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate overnight.
  18. The next day, remove the ganache from the refrigerator and sit on the kitchen bench until it comes back to room temperature (this will take at least 2 hours).
  19. Decoration:.
  20. Just before serving, remove cake from springform tin onto a serving plate.
  21. Add sugar and vanilla to whipping cream and beat with electric mixer until thick.
  22. Spread whipped cream over the top of the cake.
  23. Spoon room temperature ganache into a piping bag with a large star nozzle fitted.
  24. Pipe rosettes around the perimeter of the cake and one large rosette in the centre.
  25. Remove stems from strawberries and cut strawberries in half.
  26. Pile strawberries (or berries of your choice) onto the top of the cake.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 587.06 Kcal (2458 kJ)
Calories from fat 288.49 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 32.05g 49%
Cholesterol 32.97mg 11%
Sodium 252.46mg 11%
Potassium 595.47mg 13%
Total Carbs 72.49g 24%
Sugars 54.99g 220%
Dietary Fiber 6.13g 25%
Protein 9.38g 19%
Vitamin C 16.5mg 28%
Iron 3.8mg 21%
Calcium 114.3mg 11%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 322.52 Kcal (1350 kJ)
Calories from fat 158.49 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17.61g 49%
Cholesterol 18.11mg 11%
Sodium 138.7mg 11%
Potassium 327.14mg 13%
Total Carbs 39.83g 24%
Sugars 30.21g 220%
Dietary Fiber 3.36g 25%
Protein 5.15g 19%
Vitamin C 9.1mg 28%
Iron 2.1mg 21%
Calcium 62.8mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 13.6
    Points
  • 16
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • low cholesterol,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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