Turrón de Castañas

Name: Turrón de Castañas
Yield: Serves 8 – 10
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 1 cup cake flour; ¾ cup butter, melted; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ¼ teaspoon salt; 2 cups Brazil nuts, grated or finely chopped; 2–3 cups manjar blanco (dulce de leche); 4 eggs; 2 cups sugar

Preparation info

Serves
8 – 10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Peruvian Kitchen

By Morena Cuadra and Morena Escardó

Published 2014

About

We call this dessert turrón although it has nothing in common with the Spanish turrón or the Italian torrone. This very sweet cake can have either a chewy or a crunchy texture, depending on how finely or coarsely grated the Brazil nuts are.

Ingredients

4 eggs
2 cups sugar
¾ cup butter, melted

Europe
Americas
Peru
Spain
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Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Oil 2 round 9-inch baking pans, and line them at the bottom with parchment paper. Beat the eggs and sugar with a mixer on medium speed, until light and fluffy. Add the melted butter.
Turn the speed to low, and add t