Panforte di Siena

6 servings Prep: 20 mins, Cooking: 45 mins
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An Italian Christmas favourite.

By Food24 December 22 2011
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Ingredients (13)

150 g almonds — coarsely chopped
75 g hazelnuts — coarsely chopped
75 g pistachio nuts, roughly chopped
100 g orange — candied peel, chopped
75 g flour
30 g cacao powder
1/4 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp cinnamon — ground
1/2 tsp nutmeg — ground
1/2 tsp white pepper
150 g sugar
150 g honey — clear
35 g butter icing
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Method:

Preheat the oven on 150°C.

Mix the nuts with the orange peel.

Sift the flour, cacao and spices and mix through the nuts.

Gently heat the sugar, honey and butter in a pan till the sugar have dissolved and let it cook on higher heat for 3-4 minutes.

Quickly mix the syrup through the dry mix, scoop in a round tin (covered with baking paper) and press in using your fingers.

Let it bake in the oven for 40 minutes and cool down in the tin. Remove the paper and dust with icing sugar.

Reprinted with permission of Janice Tripepi.
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