Chocolate Pastry

Ingredients

• 2 cups (250 g) flour
• 4 ½ oz (125 g) white chocolate
• ½ cup (125 g) butter
• ½ cup (50 g) powdered sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 pinch salt

Direction

Preparation of ingredient

• Separate the egg yolks from the whites
• Soften the butter, which should be soft but not runny
• Melt the white chocolate in a bain-marie
• Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C)
• Butter a deep cake pan

Preparation

• Put the eggs yolks and sugar into a mixing bowl, and beat until the mixture becomes frothy and light in color
• Stir in the flour, and then the butter
• Beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks, adding a pinch of salt
• Fold them in carefully
• Pour into the cake pan and put into the oven
• Bake for 50 minutes, covering the cake halfway through cooking if the top is getting too brown.
• Turn out onto a cooling rack and let it cool down

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