Hazelnut and white chocolate gateau

Name: Hazelnut and white chocolate gateau
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 5 egg whites; 80 g (3 oz) ground hazelnuts; 150 g (5 oz) sugar; 75 g (2½ oz) flour; 100 g (4 oz) salted butter, melted; a few pecan nuts to decorate; 100 g (4 oz) white chocolate

Preparation info

Serves
6-8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Chocolate

By Trish Deseine

Published 2003

About

Ingredients

5 egg whites
80 g (3 oz) ground hazelnuts
150

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F), Gas Mark 6. Whisk the egg whites into stiff peaks. Add the hazelnuts and sugar and fold in gently. Add the flour, then the butter.

Transfer the mixture to a greased baking tin and