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Ingredients
- 10 Tbsp. butter
- 1 c. bitter almonds
- 5 x Large eggs
- 1 c. sugar
- 1/3 c. powdered coffee grated peel of 1 lemon
- 1 c. Sambuca liqueur
- 2 c. flour salt
- 1/2 c. bitter chocolate in pwdr.
Method
- Remove the butter from the refrigerator at least 2 hrs before beginning the preparation.
- Plunge the almonds in boiling water, drain and toast them for a few min in a moderate oven, then reduce them to a power in a blender.
- Beat 4 egg yolks in a bowl (set aside the whites), along with 2/3 c. of sugar.
- When the sugar and yolks are well blended, beat in the powdered almonds, coffee, lemon peel and Sambuca.
- Beat the egg whites till they are stiff and fold them into the mix.
- Preheat the oven to 3750 F. Prepare a dough by working the remaining butter into the flour, along with 1/3 c. of sugar, 1 egg and a healthy pinch of salt.
- Butter a pie pan and line it with the dough, making sure which it overlaps the rim.
- Grate the chocolate over the pie dough, then pour in the mix.
- Fold the dough back over the filling to make a border.
- Bake the pie in a 3750 F. oven for 40 min.
- Remove from the oven and let the pie cold before serving it
