Chocolate and Almond Tart

Ingredients

• 130g dark chocolate
• 100g butter
• 1 tbsp cognac or rhum
• 1 tsp liquid coffee
• 100g sugar
• 100g ground almonds
• 3 eggs
• pinch of salt
• 23cm tart tin with removable base

Method

Preheat oven to 150ûC

In a double boiler melt together the chocolate, butter, cognac and coffee. Remove from heat and stir in sugar and almonds.

Separate eggs. Add yokes to chocolate mixture.

In a bowl whisk egg whites with a pinch of salt until they form stiff peaks. With a rubber spatula gently fold the whites into the chocolate mixture.

Grease and flour tart tin and line base with baking paper. Pour in mixture and bake for 45 mins.