Torta Tre Monti

Layered wafer cake with chocolate and hazelnut.

Ingredients

• 12 Wafer sheets
• 400 g Dark chocolate
• 1½ cups Hazelnuts
• 150 g Butter
• ½ cup Sugar
• ½ cup Cream
• 3 tbsp Cocoa powder

Method

1. Toast the hazelnuts — Roast and rub off the skins, then grind to a fine paste.
2. Make the filling — Melt the chocolate with butter and cream, then beat in the hazelnut paste and sugar.
3. Layer — Spread the filling between wafer sheets, stacking them evenly.
4. Press — Weigh the stack down and chill 4 hours so it holds together.
5. Coat — Cover the top and sides with the remaining chocolate.
6. Torta Tre Monti is ready — Dust with cocoa and cut with a hot knife.

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