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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. *Note:Ostia wafers are very thin sheet-like pieces of unleavened wheat bread. | 2. Ostia may be found in some Italian deli's, Italian import stores, or candy making supply shops. | 3. Line two or three 6 x 8-inch loaf pans with wafer, and set aside. | 4. Place honey on top of a double boiler over boiling water. | 5. Stir constantly, until honey caramelizes (approx 45 min to 1 hr). | 6. In a small saucepan, combine 2 Tablespoons water and 1 cup sugar, let mixture boil slowly until caramelized. | 7. Beat egg whites until stiff. | 8. Add stiff egg whites to honey a little at a time, mixing well. | 9. Add caramelized sugar mixture, and mix well. | 10. Combine cocoa, 2 Tablespoons water and 1 Tablespoon sugar in a small saucepan, and cook until the mixture is creamy. | 11. Add the cocoa mixture and nuts to the egg white mixture, mixing well. | 12. Pour the torrone mixture into wafer lined pans (about 2 inches deep). | 13. Top mixture with another piece of wafer (cut to fit), lightly pressing it onto the surface, making sure there are no air bubbles under the wafer. | 14. Allow to cool. | 15. When cool, remove from pans (If using waxed paper under the wafer of the torrone, peel off the waxed paper before slicing). | 16. Cut each pan into 2 long rectangular pieces. | 17. Wrap each piece tightly in waxed paper for storage. | 18. To serve, cut each rectangular piece into 1/4-inch slices. | 19. Note: The longer torrone is stored, the harder/firmer it gets. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
honey	1/2			-	-	-	-
sugar	1	cup		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0
water	4	tablespoons	divided	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
egg white	2			34.32	0.4818	7.194	0.1122
cocoa	1 3/4	cups	unsweetened	331.1	87.7415	27.2405	19.7155
sugar	1	tablespoon		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0
hazelnut	1 1/4		shelled toasted	399.0	60.0	0.0	20.01
ostia wafer enough				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.