Cakes and Pastries Recipes - Chocolate Praline and Chocolate Crisp Tart Recipe

Ingredients

Serves 4:

• 10 oz sweetened pastry dough (refer recipe)

• 1 tbsp flour

• 35 g butter

• 2 tbsp blanched almonds

• 2 tbsp blanched hazelnuts

• 9 oz chocolate praline cream (refer recipe)

Chocolate crisp:

• Juice of 1/2 orange

• 3 1/2 oz (100g) confectioners' sugar

• 1 1/2 tbsp flour

• 1 tbsp cocoa

• 2 1/3 oz (60g) melted butter

• 2 1/3 oz (60g) chopped almonds or pistachios

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C.

2. Roll out the dough on a floured countertop and line a greased tart pan with it. Cover the base with baking paper and spoon in dried beans. Bake blind for 15 min.

3. Prepare the chocolate crisp: mix the orange juice and confectioners' sugar in a bowl. Add the flour and then the cocoa. Mix. Pour in the melted butter. Fold in the chopped nuts. Spread this mixture on a greased baking sheet. Bake for 10 min.

4. Arrange the almonds and the hazelnuts on a lightly greased baking sheet and place under broiler for 5 min.

5. Pour the chocolate praline cream into the tart crust. Smooth with a spatula. Arrange roasted almonds and hazelnuts on top.

6. Decorate with chocolate crisp, pushing it gently into the chocolate and praline cream.