Pistachio And Lemon Cake ( Naturally Gluten And Lactose Free)

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 lemons, organic and untreated
• 300 g pistachios, shelled
• 200 g sugar
• 6 eggs, room temperature
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon icing sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 boil the whole lemons in boiling water for 1 hour.
• 2 pre heat oven to 180°c grease and line a 22cm cake tin with baking paper drain the lemons and cool.
• 3 cut the cooked lemons in half and remove the pips.
• 4 puree in a blender until smooth.
• 5 blanch ( boil) 200g of the pistaccios in boiling water for 30 seconds then blend with the other 100g.
• 6 sererate the egg yolks from the egg whites.
• 7 whisk the yolks with the sugar until light then fold in the pistaccio cream, the lemon cream and baking powder.
• 8 whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt till stiff. fold into the lemon pistacchio mixture.
• 9 pour th emixture int th eprepared cake tin and bake for about 40-45 minutes.
• 10 cool, remove from cake tin and dust lightly with icing sugar. decorate with some candied peel.