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Chocolate Tart
Tarte au chocolat

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Yoshinori Kotsu |

| For one 20cm tart pan |
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Tart crust flavored with hazelnut:
Butter 225g
Salt 3g
Powdered sugar 80g
Eggs 80g
Mixture of powdered hazelnut and sugar in equal amounts 80g
Skim milk 10g
Weak flour 380g
Chocolate cream:
Heavy cream 250cc
Inverted sugar 25g
Sweet chocolate 225g
Butter 88g
Chocolate-flavored sponge cake:
Eggs 4
Sugar 100g
Weak flour 80g
Cocoa 16g
Butter 50g
Candied cocoa beans for decoration:
Milk 25cc
Butter 60g
Thick malt syrup 25g
Granulated sugar 75g
Pectin 2g
Cocoa beans 75g
Toppings:
Raspberries
Blackberries
Gold foil |

Tart pastry
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Stir the softened butter and mix with the salt and powdered sugar.
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Beat the eggs and gradually add to PD.
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Add the powdered hazelnut and sugar mixture, skim milk and weak flour to QDand mix well to make dough.
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Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place it in a refrigerator to cool.
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Roll out the dough to a thickness of 2-3 mm, transfer it to the tart pan and press it against the rim. Cover with a cooking sheet and apply weight
over it to prevent the crust from puffing up while baking. Bake it in an oven for 15-20 minutes.
Chocolate cream
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Combine the heavy cream with the inverted sugar and butter, and bring to a boil. Mix with the finely chopped chocolate.
Candied cocoa beans for decoration
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Combine the milk, butter and syrup, and bring the mixture to a boil. Stir in the granulated sugar and pectin.
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Lastly, add the cocoa beans to PD.
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Place the beans on a baking pan and bake in an oven at 170-180 for 10-15 minutes.
Chocolate-flavored sponge cake
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Combine the eggs and sugar in a bowl. Heat the mixture to approx. 40 in a water bath and whip.
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Stir in the flour and cocoa.
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Lastly, add the melted butter and mix all the ingredients together. Place the mixture into an 18cm round baking pan. Bake in an oven at 170
for 30-40 minutes.
Assembly and decoration
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Place a thinly sliced piece of sponge cake over the tart crust, and pour in the chocolate cream.
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Add the candied cocoa beans, raspberries, blackberries and gold foil for decoration.
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