Yummy Austrian Coffee Tart!

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 140 g plain flour
• 140 g melted butter
• 40 g ground almonds
• 40 g granulated sugar
• 250 g icing sugar (confectioners)
• 1 teaspoon coffee extract (or 1 tsp instant coffee mixed with a tiny amount of boiling water)
• 4 egg whites

Recipe

• 1 make base:
• 2 mix pastry ingredients together, rubbing in fat with your fingers and make into a ball.
• 3 roll out onto a floured surface and line a greased flan dish.
• 4 leave to rest in fridge for at least an hour.
• 5 pre-cook pastry for 15 minutes at 200°c (gas 6).
• 6 make filling:
• 7 mix one egg , sugar and coffee extract with a wooden spoon, then whisk until soft peaks form.
• 8 lightly beat the other egg whites & fold into the above mix carefully.
• 9 pour mixture onto warm pastry base.
• 10 cook for 30 minutes at 220°c (gas 7).