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CHOCOLATE, CARAMEL
and nut tart
1 Preheat the oven to 180 °C (170 °C fan, gas mark 4). Place the dough on a
floured work surface and roll out* using a rolling pin, dusting with flour from time
to time, if necessary. Butter a 25cm flan tin and line* it with the dough.
2 Cover the dough with baking paper and weight it down with ceramic baking or
dried beans; blind bake* for 20 minutes. Lift out the baking paper and beans, and
continue baking for 5 minutes. Make the chocolate
ganache
and set it aside.
3 Remove the tart shell from the oven and cool. Put the sugar into a saucepan over
a low heat until it caramelises; do not stir. In a separate saucepan, bring the single
cream to the boil. When the caramel is golden, remove from the heat and carefully
add the cream; stir to combine. Add the salted butter, stirring until melted.
4 Spread the caramel in the tart shell, and sprinkle with the nuts and raisins.
Refrigerate for 1 hour until the caramel sets.
5 Pour the chocolate
ganache
over the caramel, smooth with a spatula* and set
aside at room temperature for 3 hours until firm. Just before serving, dust with icing
sugar.
chocolate
ganache
Put the chocolate, cream and sugar into the metal bowl; run the EXPERT programme
for 5 minutes/speed 3/60 °C. If necessary, scrape down the wall of the bowl.
Restart for 30 seconds/speed 3/100 °C to smooth the
ganache
.
PREP TIME
: 25 min
COOKING TIME
: 30 min
RESTING TIME
: 4 h
1 sweet shortcrust pastry
(see p. 320)
100g caster sugar
100ml single cream
30g salted butter, chopped
100g mixed shelled nuts (hazelnuts,
almonds, pistachios, etc.)
20g raisins
30g icing sugar (see p. 294)
CHOCOLATE
GANACHE
:
200 g dark chocolate, roughly
chopped
300ml single cream
25g sugar
SERVES 8
PROGRAMME
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Summary of Contents for Cook Expert
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Page 18: ...SOUPS ...
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Page 51: ...FISH ...
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Page 88: ...VEGETABLES AND SIDES ...
Page 101: ...PASTA RICE AND GRAINS ...
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