Pine nut, lemon & almond slice

Pine nut, lemon & almond slice

This flourless cake uses ground almonds instead and has a light, tangy finish with crunchy nuts

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 40 mins

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Beat the butter with the sugar and lemon zest until pale and fluffy, then slowly beat in the eggs, one by one. Beat in the lemon juice, and fold in the ground almonds. The mixture will look separated, however it will come back together once baked.
  2. Spoon into a 20cm buttered and paper base-lined tart tin, sprinkle over the pine nuts and level. Bake the tart on the middle shelf for 25-35 minutes or so until lightly coloured on top and just set. Serve while still warm, with a good dollop of mascarpone.

PER SERVING

429 kcalories, protein 10.5g, carbohydrate 21.7g, fat 33.6 g, saturated fat 10.7g, fibre 2.6g, salt 0.1 g

Recipe from olive magazine, February 2012.

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  • 07 May 2012

    skyblueshez rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I absolutely LOVED this. As a Coeliac I love trying new recipes to give me that cake type fix and this really hit the spot. It's more a cup of tea kind of slice, I don't think it would travel particularly well. I had to cook it for slightly longer, nearer 40 mins but apart from that the recipe was easy to follow. I would definitely recommend serving with mascarpone, as this site suggests as they go together wonderfully.

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  • 17 May 2012

    Veronica rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I added pistachios instead of pine nuts as I didn't have any in. Also added a sprinkle of edible dried lavender flowers... sublime!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 40 mins

Ingredients

  • 100g unsalted butter
  • 120g golden caster sugar
  • 1 lemon , zested and juiced
  • 3 eggs
  • 150g ground almonds
  • 40g pine nuts
  • mascarpone , to serve
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PER SERVING

429 kcalories, protein 10.5g, carbohydrate 21.7g, fat 33.6 g, saturated fat 10.7g, fibre 2.6g, salt 0.1 g

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