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Dattes pie - Tarte aux dattes


for a pie plate of 20 cm diameter, gives
about 8-10 parts

Ingredients (4 persons):
- 1 filo dough round of 270 g
- beans for 'blanc cooking' (white, yellow or other)
  or small pebbles.
- 250 g dattes
- 50 g pecan nuts
- 100 g of ground almonds
- 100 g of icing sugar
- 3 soup spoon of 'orange flower water'
- 2 egg's whites
- 2 soup spoon of orange-mango marmelade

Preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 180 deg. place the daugh on the pie
 plate, cut off the extra border. Make holes on the bottom
 with a fork, cover with cooking paper, and place the beans
 or pebbles on top. Cook for 10 mn, remove from oven, remove
 the paper and the beans (pebbles).

- Cut the dattes in 2 and remove the pits. Chop in rough
 pieces the pecan nuts, mix the almonds with the sugar, the
 water, the orange flower water et the egg whites. Spread this
 mixture on the dough, garnish with the dates, sprinkle with
 the nuts. Complete the cooking 10-12 mn in the oven. Warm the
 marmelade and smother the pie while still hot. Let cool.

Hint: you can use other marmelade, like quince jelly or any other.