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Gluten Free Walnut Pie – Karydopita

Yields20 ServingsPrep Time15 minsCook Time35 minsTotal Time50 mins

Light, syrupy, fully walnut dessert! A very easy, flourless recipe that will always succeed perfectly. Beware it is highly addictive!

 8 eggs
 8 tbsp sugar
 8 tbsp grated gf rusks Schär’s Fette Biscottate
 150 g coarsely chopped walnuts
 2 tsp baking powder
 cinnamon or cloves powder or both
 ½ tsp vanilla extract
for syrup
 2 cups granulated sugar
 2 cups water
 lemon peel
 ½ shot of ouzo or cognac
for decoration (optional):
 20 pieces of walnuts
1

Separate the eggs into whites and yolks in two bowls.

2

Beat the egg whites into a meringue and set aside.

3

Beat the yolks well with the sugar until the sugar melts.

4

Then add breadcrumbs, baking powder, cinnamon powder and vanilla extract one by one and mix them well.

5

Add the walnuts to this mixture and mix lightly.

6

At the end, slowly add the meringue little by little and mix lightly with a maryse spatula so that everything is combined together.

7

Butter a 25X30cm/ 10X12“ inches pan and sprinkle with some breadcrumbs.

8

Pour in the mixture evenly. The texture is like a cake but a little more liquidy, so with a maryse spatula we easily spread it all over the pan.

9

Bake at 180°C/350°F at fan oven for about 35 minutes.

10

While the dessert is baking, we make the light syrup.

11

Pour the water, sugar and lemon peel in a saucepan and let it boil for a few minutes. (This syrup becomes lighter than regular syrups.)

12

When the syrup is ready, add the cognac or ouzo and turn off the fire.

13

When the walnut pie - karidopita is baked, take it out of the oven and cut it into pieces. From my mother I inherited to cut all these sweets with syrup in the shape of a diamond (rhombus).

14

Pour the syrup slowly over the entire surface of our walnut pie - karidopita with a ladle.

15

Let it absorb and cool well before serving. At least 2 hours.

16

Optionally decorate with a piece of walnut in the center of each piece.

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