Italian hazelnut & chocolate torte

Italian hazelnut & chocolate torte

Bring a touch of Italian glamour to the table with this very sophisticated dessert

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 12

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 minutes, plus chilling

Method

  1. Melt the chocolate together with the cream, liquid glucose and frangelico. Leave to cool.
  2. Whizz the hazelnuts and biscuits to crumbs in a food processor and add the melted butter. Sprinkle half the mixture into a terrine tin lined with clingfilm, then well buttered. Tip the tin so the crumbs stick to the sides as well, making sure they are as even as possible. Carefully pour in the chocolate mixture and chill until almost set.
  3. Sprinkle over the remaining biscuit mixture and press it down very gently in an even layer. Chill until ready to serve. Turn out onto a plate and sprinkle any loose crumbs back over the top. Cut with a hot knife and serve with crème fraîche.

Per serving

626 kcalories, protein 5.6g, carbohydrate 41.5g, fat 47.9 g, saturated fat 24.3g, fibre 1.5g, salt 0.3 g

Recipe from olive magazine, March 2009.

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  • 25 February 2009

    Dixie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I have made this several times for my friends.It is easy and proved to be a great success.

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  • 07 March 2009

    Claudia Cooley commented on this recipe

    am i reading this correctly, there are 47.9 grams of fat per serving?....whew, because 50 grams would of been my limit!

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  • 09 March 2009

    Sandra P rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    amazing!

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  • 13 April 2009

    catherinelfoot rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Basically it is just like nuttella. Would have been far easier to open a jar and pour it in the tin. Also I felt the texture was a little wrong for a torte.

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  • 17 September 2009

    Clare_T rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Didn't set despite popping it in the freezer after not setting in the fridge. Ended up a gloopy mess on the plate...tasted lovely though so spooned it over ice cream. Needs some sort of gelatine/setting agent. Unless anyone has any tips to make it set without>??

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  • 04 December 2009

    Hannah Somerville commented on this recipe

    Wow! This looks fantastic, and I do have a friend who is a Nutella fanatic.... but I'd be afraid of giving her a coronary :D

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  • 06 April 2010

    Jola commented on this recipe

    This is a very rich and luscious dessert. I found that one day in the freezer was not enough but after two days I was able to slice it and have it hold its shape. Everyone loved the taste.

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  • 09 February 2011

    clare commented on this recipe

    can anyone help, i cant get hold of frangelico could i use hazelnut baileys? thanks

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    04 January 2012

    KTC commented on this recipe

    Tried it out for a New Year's eve party and it was fab. Easy to do and impressive. Slight trouble getting biscuit crumbs to stick to side of tin, but otherwise no problems. I left out the alcohol as lots of kids who don't like the taste. I wondered if that was the problem for those who's tores didn't set - too much alcohol stops icecream freezing and perhaps being heavy with the Frangelico could upset this too. Only gripe - more of a terrine than a torte?

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 12

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 minutes, plus chilling

Ingredients

  • 250g dark chocolate , chopped
  • 300g milk chocolate , chopped
  • 568ml pot double cream
  • 3 tbsp liquid glucose
  • 6 tbsp Frangelico
  • 100g pack hazelnuts , toasted
  • 8 digestive or oat biscuits
  • 1 tbsp butter , melted , plus extra for buttering
  • crème fraîche to serve
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Per serving

626 kcalories, protein 5.6g, carbohydrate 41.5g, fat 47.9 g, saturated fat 24.3g, fibre 1.5g, salt 0.3 g

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