Walnut Pie

Walnut Pie

By Alexandra Migdou

B’ Class

Ingredients

6 eggs

1 packet (250 grams) of butter

1 cup of flour

1 cup of finely chopped walnuts

1 cup of sugar

2 teaspoons of baking powder

1 espresso cup of brandy

½ tablespoon of cocoa

1 ½ cup of dry breadcrumbs

For the syrup: 2 ½ cups of sugar, 2 cups of water

Method

Whisk the sugar with the butter. Add the eggs. Add the breadcrumbs. Add the walnuts. Add the flour. Add the baking powder. Add the cocoa. Add the brandy. Mix them all together. Bake at 180C for one hour. Let it cool down. Cut in square pieces. Boil the syrup for 5 minutes. Pour the hot syrup carefully over the cool pie. Decorate with icing sugar and cinnamon sticks.