Recipes: Italian hazelnut & chocolate torte

Bring a touch of Italian glamour to the table with this very sophisticated dessert

• 250g dark chocolate , chopped
• 300g milk chocolate , chopped
• 568ml pot double cream
• 3 tbsp liquid glucose
• 6 tbsp Frangelico
• 100g pack hazelnuts , toasted
• 8 digestive or oat biscuits
• 1 tbsp butter , melted , plus extra for buttering
• crème fraîche to serve

  

  1. Melt the chocolate together with the cream, liquid glucose and frangelico. Leave to cool.
  2. Whizz the hazelnuts and biscuits to crumbs in a food processor and add the melted butter. Sprinkle half the mixture into a terrine tin lined with clingfilm, then well buttered. Tip the tin so the crumbs stick to the sides as well, making sure they are as even as possible. Carefully pour in the chocolate mixture and chill until almost set.
  3. Sprinkle over the remaining biscuit mixture and press it down very gently in an even layer. Chill until ready to serve. Turn out onto a plate and sprinkle any loose crumbs back over the top. Cut with a hot knife and serve with crème fraîche.

  Per serving

  626 kcalories, protein 5,6g, carbohydrate 41,5g, fat 47,9 g, saturated fat 24,3g, fibre 1,5g, salt 0,3 g