Yogurt Cake With Pistachio Nuts

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 eggs, separated
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 2 vanilla pod, seeds from
• 1 1/4 cups greek yogurt
• 1 lemon, juice and rind of, grated
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1/4-1/2 cup pistachios, shelled and chopped
• creme fraiche
• passion fruit or fresh berries

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 line a 10 inch square ovenproof dish with waxed paper and grease well.
• 3 beat the egg yolks with 2/3 of the sugar in a bowl, till pale and fluffy.
• 4 beat in the vanilla seeds and then stir in the yogurt, lemon rind and juice and the flour.
• 5 in a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites till stiff, then gradually whisk in the rest of the sugar to form soft peaks.
• 6 fold the whisked whites into the yogurt mixture.
• 7 turn the mixture into the prepared dish.
• 8 place the dish in a roasting pan and pour in enough cold water to come about halfway up the outside of the dish.
• 9 bake in the oven for about 20 minutes till the mixture is risen and just set.
• 10 sprinkle the pistachio nuts over the cake and then bake for an additional 20 minutes till browned on top.
• 11 serve the cake warm or cooled and chilled with creme fraiche and a spoonful of passion fruit drizzled over the top.
• 12 alternatively, sprinkle with a few fresh berries (your choice).