Cake with almonds and strawberries

Cake with almonds and strawberries

Ingredients

Sweet pastry

• 350 grms flour
• 2 and half table spoons sugar
• 225 gram butter
• some salt
• around 6 to 8 table spoons cold water to combine pastry

Filling

• 250 grms butter
• 250 grms sugar
• 4 whole eggs
• some drops almond essence
• 250 ground almonds
• 50 grms flour
• 150 grms choclate
• 500 grms fresh satrawberries
• for decoration some chocolate fondant
• icing sugar
• and fresh strawberries

Method

1. Prepare the pastry to line an 24 cm flan ring with base
2. Put the flour in an bowl and add the butter,salt and sugar , and allow to work to a sandy texture.
3. Then combine with the cold water. Allow to rest for 30 minutes.
4. Open the pastry and line a 24 cm flan ring. put in freezer and allow to rest for 30 minutes.
5. Take out of the freezer and line with the baking paper, than put the beans and bake blind for 10 minutes.
6. Take out from the oven and remove the baking paper and the beans, and continue to cook for another 5 minutes.
7. Allow to cool and grate the chocolate on the bottom of the flan, then arrange the cut strawberries.
8. Prepare the filling, beat well the sugar with the butter, when creamy white add the eggs little by little.Than add the almond essence.
9. Finally fold in the mixture the ground almonds and the flour.
10. Spread the mixture on the strawberries and bake in oven temp of about 180 c for around 40 to 50 minutes.
11. when cold decorate with , icing sugar and fresh strawberries and some fresh mint.