TARTE AU CHOCOLAT
For the pastry:
- 125g butter, room temperature
- 90g castor sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla paste
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 250g plain flour
- icing sugar for rolling
- baking beans / rice to blind bake
For the filling:
- 275g Nutella
- 125g 70% dark chocolate, broken into pieces
- 300ml double cream
- 450ml milk
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
- icing sugar for dusting
- extra dark chocolate for brushing the base and decorating
1.) Prepare the pastry by creaming the butter and sugar together in an electric mixer. Mix in the vanilla paste. Add the egg followed by the flour and mix until the dough starts coming together. Tip the dough onto a clean work surface, press together into a disc and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
2.) Lightly grease a 25cm tart tin and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Dust the work surface with a little icing sugar and roll the dough out into a rough circle. Carefully roll the dough around the rolling pin to help lift it over the tart tin. Gently press the dough into the tin and patch up any cracked areas. Let the excess pastry hang over the edges, we’ll neaten this up later. Line the tart with a piece of baking paper and refrigerate for 20 minutes. Preheat your oven to 200°C.
3.) Prepare the filling by placing the Nutella and dark chocolate in a bowl. Place the double cream and milk in a saucepan and bring to the boil, then remove from the heat and pour into the bowl. Whisk until you have a smooth mixture. Whisk in the eggs. The mixture will be very runny.
4.) Add baking beans to the lined tart dish and bake for 15 minutes. Remove the beans and the baking paper and bake for a further 5-10 minutes, or until the pastry is golden and cooked through. Turn the oven temperature down to 160°C.
5.) Melt some extra dark chocolate and brush over the warm pastry. Pour the filling into the tin and pop it back into the oven for 40 minutes. The filling should be very wobbly when it comes out, but not liquid. Allow to cool completely.
6.) Trim the excess pastry from the tart. Grab your extra block of chocolate and use a potato peeler to scrape out chocolate curls – this will be easier if the chocolate is at room temperature. Pile the curls onto the cooled tart, then finish with a dusting of icing sugar.
Oh my word! You are an evil woman! What have you done!? I must make this immediately. Curse you T, curse you to heck! (Just kidding…lovely post) 😉 xx
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Hee hee, soorrryy. I know it's not very conducive to healthy New Years resolutions, but I promise next weeks post will be much less chocolatey. 😉
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Oh gen-aa-de, sjokol-aa-de!
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yay! something obscenely good in January! the blogsphere has been far too healthy.
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I love Tarte au chocolat! Looks perfect to re-tox 😉
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Thanks for your comments! I'm so glad you like this week's chocolatey recipe. x
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