Chocolate tart
3 h 45 min
Average: 3.5 (13 votes)

Easter Gianduja Chocolate Tart

A guilty pleasure for all chocolate lovers. Beware, it's addictive! 

Ingredients For

  • Creme fraiche in a bowl
    Isigny Crème Fraîche & Bresse Crème Fraîche PDO
  • 1 tsp
  • Butter
    Charentes-Poitou Butter PDO
  • 4 tsp
  • x 1
  • Chocolate
    Dark Chocolate Cooking Bars
  • 1.77 cup
  • 0.70 cup
  • Sel de Guérande
    Fleur de sel de Guérande sea salt PGI

Preparation

1

Cream the butter with a rubber spatula. Add the hazelnut powder, confectioners' sugar and fleur de sel. 

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2

Incorporate 1/3 beaten egg and 1/3 of the flour into the mixture. Mix for one minute and then repeat with the rest of the egg and flour. Make a ball and leave it to rest in the refrigerator for 1 hour. 

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3

Preheat the oven to 350 °F (convection). Take the dough out of the refrigerator. Gently work it with a rolling pin, rolling it out to a thickness of 0.1 inches. 

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4

Butter and flour a 9 inch pan. Transfer the dough to the pan. Place a sheet of parchment and some dry beans on top and blind bake. Bake for 20 minutes. 

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5

Remove from the oven and remove the dry beans and parchment. Check your pastry is cooked and return to the oven if needed. Leave to cool. 

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6

Boil the cream and milk. Cut the chocolate into pieces in a bowl. Pour the boiling liquids over the top. Combine and then mix. 

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7

Pour the chocolate into the tart base. Leave to cool in the refrigerator for two hours before serving. 

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Pair with

Specialty coffee or vin doux naturel (naturally sweet wine): Rasteau or Maury. 

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