Chef Osama recipe Almond and Chocolate Pie

Ingredients

½ cup butter
1¼ cups flour
4 Tbsps water
½ cup grounded nuts

The filling

¼ cup almond slices
½ cup dried fruits
½ cup butter
½ cup powdered sugar
2 eggs
½ cup almond flour
¼ tsp vanilla
¼ tsp baking powder

For garnishing

pineapple slices
dried plums
cherries
chopped pistachios

Method

• Preheat oven to180 °C.
• In a large bowl rub butter with flour with finger tips, until well combined and crumby.
• Add water and nuts; continue kneading until soft homogenous dough is obtained.
• Roll out dough in a 26 cm round tart pan, make sure the dough covers the bottom and the sides (prick the bottom of the dough with the tines of a fork to avoid puffing up while baking).
• Cover crust completely with the almond slices and fruits.
• Using an electric mixer beat the butter with sugar in a large bowl on a medium speed until creamy.
• Add the eggs with constant beating until well combined.
• Add flour, vanilla and baking powder; continue beating until thick homogenous batter.
• Pour the batter over the crust.
• Garnish with pineapples, dried plums , cherries and pistachios
• Bake for 35 minutes or until completely cooked.
• Cool, cut and serve.