Baked Chocolate and Apricot Ginger Tart

Baked Chocolate and Apricot Ginger Tart

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Tart case

Ingredients: Tart case

  • 250 g
    All purpose flour
  • 30 g
    Van Houten Professional Cocoa Powder
  • 90 g
    icing sugar
  • 2 g
    Salt
  • 135 g
    cold butter
  • 1 nos
    Egg
  • 1 nos
    Egg yolk

Preparation: Tart case

Tart case
1 Sift dry ingredients in a bowl. Crumble in the butter using your fingertips to
create a sandy texture.
2 Add egg and egg yolk and mix again to form a dough. Knead the dough lightly
and rest the dough in the chiller.
3 Roll the dough to 2mm thickness and line on a tart ring.
4 Blind bake the tart case at 170 degrees for about 20 mins.

Chocolate ginger cream

Ingredients: Chocolate ginger cream

  • 120 g
    cream
  • 50 g
    milk
  • 10 g
    grated fresh ginger
  • 100 g
    Van Houten Professional Signature Dark Chocolate
  • 2 nos
    Egg yolk
  • 20 g
    sugar
  • 1 Tin
    Apricot can

Preparation: Chocolate ginger cream

Chocolate ginger cream
1 Boil cream and milk. Turn off heat and add grated ginger. Leave to infuse
for 20 mins.
2 Strain the mixture and pour into melted Van Houten Professional Signature Dark Chocolate. Mix well.
3 Whisk egg yolks and sugar and mix in the chocolate mixture.
4 Place the apricot on the half baked tart casing and pour the chocolate cream.
5 Bake at 150 degrees for 20 mins.
6 Remove from oven and sprinkle some crumble on top.
7 Continue to bake at 170 degrees for 25 mins.
8 Once cool down, dust with some cocoa powder.

Chocolate crumble

Ingredients: Chocolate crumble

  • 35 g
    butter
  • 45 g
    brown sugar
  • 35 g
    All purpose flour
  • 10 g
    Van Houten Professional Cocoa Powder
  • 35 g
    ground almond

Preparation: Chocolate crumble

Chocolate crumble
1 Cream butter and sugar. Add sifted dry ingredients.
2 Mix well to form a crumble dough.

Décor

Ingredients: Décor

  • as needed g
    Van Houten Professional Cocoa Powder