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Torta Tre Monti

Name: Torta Tre Monti
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: San Marino
Ingredients: 10 (round or square) Wafers; 200g Chocolate; 100g Butter; 100ml Heavy Cream; 60g Hazelnuts; 40g Sugar; 1 tbsp Cocoa powder

Dessert

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Thin wafers layered with hazelnut cream and covered in chocolate — San Marino's famous sweet.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Torta Tre Monti means 'three mountains cake,' San Marino's famous sweet named after the three towers atop Mount Titano. Thin wafers are layered with hazelnut or chocolate cream and coated entirely in chocolate. Born at a local pastry shop in the 1940s, it's now known as the country's signature souvenir.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a pastry shop in San Marino's old town, a thin many-layered cake is lifted from a round box printed with the three towers.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Wafers 10 (round or square)
Chocolate 200g
Butter 100g
Heavy Cream 100ml
Hazelnuts 60g
Sugar 40g
Cocoa powder 1 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Toast the hazelnuts and crush finely.
Melt 100g chocolate and mix with softened butter, sugar, cocoa, and the nuts to make a cream.
Spread the wafers thinly with cream and stack in many layers.
Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes to set.
Melt the remaining chocolate in warm cream, pour over everything, and chill to set.

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