Chocolate Tart with Hazelnuts
 
 
Ingredients
TART SHELL-
  • ½ cup butter, softened (113 grams/ 8 tbsp)
  • ⅓ cup castor sugar
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour (maida)
  • ¼ cup ground hazelnuts ( or another ¼ cup all-purpose flour)
CHOCOLATE GANACHE-
  • 1 cup 70% dark cooking chocolate
  • ½ cup fresh cream
CARAMELIZED HAZELNUTS-
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup hazelnuts, toasted
Instructions
  1. To make the base of the tart, In a bowl, cream butter and sugar.
  2. Mix in flour and ground hazelnuts and beat until the dough begins to come together.
  3. Knead the dough. Wrap it with plastic wrap and chill in the freezer for 15 minutes or until the dough is firm.
  4. Roll out the dough and line the tart pan with the rolled-out dough. Chill in the freezer for another 15 minutes. Pre-heat the oven to 190*C
  5. Prick with a fork and bake at 190*C for 15 minutes or until it is golden brown.
  6. To make the filling, cook the cream in a saucepan set over medium heat. Bring the cream to a boil. Immediately pour the hot cream on the roughly chopped chocolate. Mix until the chocolate melts completely and the ganache is smooth and lump free
  7. Fill the ganache into the cooled tart shell
  8. To make the caramelized hazelnuts, cook the granulated sugar in a saucepan set over medium heat until it is a light amber color. Add hazelnuts to the hot sugar and stir to make sure all the hazelnuts are evenly coated. Immediately transfer the mixture into a baking tray and let it cool completely. It will harden as it cools. Break the hazelnuts roughly and arrange on the chocolate tart.
Recipe by Bake with Shivesh at https://bakewithshivesh.com/chocolate-tart-caramelized-hazelnuts/