Yummy Austrian Coffee Tart!

This is a very nice coffee tart. I don't remember having had anything similar, it is very easy and quick to make. Time to make doesn't include chill time. This recipe comes from 'sofeminine.co.uk'.

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• Base

• 140  g plain flour
• 140  g  melted butter
• 40  g  ground almonds
• 40  g granulated sugar

• Filling

• 250  g icing sugar (confectioners)
• 1  teaspoon  coffee extract (or 1 tsp instant coffee mixed with a tiny amount of boiling water)
• 4  egg whites

Directions

1. Make base:
2. Mix pastry ingredients together, rubbing in fat with your fingers and make into a ball.
3. Roll out onto a floured surface and line a greased flan dish.
4. Leave to rest in fridge for at least an hour.
5. Pre-cook pastry for 15 minutes at 200°C (Gas 6).
6. Make filling:
7. Mix one egg white, sugar and coffee extract with a wooden spoon, then whisk until soft peaks form.
8. Lightly beat the other egg whites & fold into the above mix carefully.
9. Pour mixture onto warm pastry base.
10. Cook for 30 minutes at 220°C (Gas 7).