Delicious Gluten Free Pear, Chocolate & Almond Torte
Deliciously simple to make, this Pear, Chocolate & Almond Torte is the perfect recipe to use the one or two windfall pears you get after a storm. Beautifully moist and rich yet low in sugar. Gluten free, dairy free and egg free so almost everyone can enjoy.
Servings: 8 slices
Calories: 296kcal
Ingredients
- 100 g gluten free self raising flour
- 100 g dark chocolate use your favourite free from bar
- 85 g butter or butter alternative (I use Flora plant butter)
- 85 g ground almonds
- 50 g golden caster sugar
- 1-2 large pears peeled, cored and sliced
- 2 tbsp ground flaxseed
- 100 ml water
- 1 tsp psyllium husk powder (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C Fan/400°F/Gas 6
- Make you flax seed egg by combining the ground seed, water and psyllium husk if your using it in a small jug, set aside to thicken a little.
- Prepare your 9inch (22cm) flan tin by greasing and lining with baking paper. I also add a tbsp of rice flour and tap the tin to coat, this helps the torte to rise and prevents sticking.
- Melt the dark chocolate in a microwave or traditionally over a bowl of boiled water.
- Add the melted chocolate and dairy free butter to a mixing bowl and using the whisk attachment whisk until combined.
- Add sugar and flax egg and repeat whisking.
- Add ground almonds and fold into the chocolate mixture.
- Finally sieve the flour into the bowl and repeat folding process.
- Pour into your prepared flan tin and smooth the top with a spatula.
- Decorate with your prepared pear slices as you see fit.
- Pop into the oven and bake for 35 minutes.
- The bake will be ready when it has a soft bounce to a light touch in the centre of the torte.
- Remove and cool or eat hot.
- To serve I recommend custard, cream or ice cream.
Nutrition
Calories: 296kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 73mg | Potassium: 129mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 2mg