Description
Classic Croatian pie gets a more modern filling: chocolate and hazelnuts!
Ingredients
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First dough
- 1/2 cup (100 g) sugar
- 7/8 cup (100 g) all purpose flour
- 3.5 oz (100 g) butter
- 3/8 cup (60 g) ground, toasted hazelnuts
- 1 egg
Second dough
- 1/2 cup (100 g) sugar
- 5 oz (150 g) butter
- 3.8 oz (100 g) chocolate
- 4 eggs
- 1 tbsp all purpose flour
Chocolate glaze
- 3.5 oz (100 g) chocolate
- 2.8 oz (80 g) butter
- 3 tbsp milk
Instructions
- Make dough number 1 first: Whisk egg with sugar, add softened butter, ground and toasted hazelnuts and flour. Mix until well combined. Cover with plastic wrap and put in freezer for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 356 F (180 Celsius).
- Prepare square baking pan-7.8 x 11.8 inch (20 x 30 cm) and grease with some butter, sprinkle with some flour. Arrange the dough over the bottom of the pan. Bake for 10 minutes.
- In the meantime, prepare dough number two: Whisk egg yolks with sugar, add softened butter, melted chocolate and flour. In a separate bowl whisk egg whites until stiff peaks form. Add them to the previous chocolate mixture, combine. Arrange this mixture over the prebaked crust. Lower the temperature to 302 F (150 Celsius) and bake everything for about 50 minutes.
- For the glaze, melt chocolate with butter, add milk. Pour over slightly cooled, baked pie and put in the fridge for several hours.
- When set and cool, cut small rectangles and serve.
- Prep Time: 40 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour