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Choco Caramel Tart

Angelo Musa

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Choco Caramel Tart

Recipe for 2 tarts (16 cm diameter)

Recipe in 6 steps

Sweet Pastry

1
Butter 160 g 25.5 %
Icing sugar 105 g 16.7 %
Almond powder 40 g 6.3 %
Fine salt 3 g 0.4 %
Lemon zest 1 g 0.1 %
Vanilla powder 2 g 0.3 %
Flour (T55) 263 g 42.0 %
Whole eggs 52 g 8.3 %
Total 626g 100%

Glaze:

Egg yolks - 100 g

Liquid cream - 25 g

 

Work with a flat beater to soften the butter, then incorporate the icing sugar, almond powder, fine salt, lemon zest and vanilla powder.

Add the flour, crumble the mix, then fi nish by adding the eggs.

Leave the dough to sit for around 12 hours in the refrigerator.

Line the moulds with pastry, approx. 2.5 mm thick, and blind bake for about 15 minutes at 150°C.

Cover them with a thin layer of the glaze, stick cocoa nibs around the edge and place in the oven for another 15 minutes at the same temperature.

Cooked Chocolate Ganache

2
Cream 200 g 41.4 %
Dark chocolate MADONG 70% 142 g 29.4 %
Vanilla pod - 1 pc - 0.0 %
Fresh eggs 50 g 10.3 %
Egg yolks 40 g 8.2 %
Butter 50 g 10.3 %
Total 482g 100%

Make a classic ganache, then add the eggs and yolks and blend.

Fill the pastry shells with the mixture, about 200 g per 16 cm tart, and bake for 1 minute at 150°C.

Spiced Chocolate Caramel

3
Liquid cream 92,5 g 34.7 %
Orange zest 2,25 g 0.7 %
Vanilla pod - 1/2 pc - 0.0 %
Tonka bean 0,32 g 0.0 %
Galangal 2 g 0.7 %
Glucose 62,5 g 23.3 %
Caster sugar 62,5 g 23.3 %
Butter 30 g 11.3 %
Fine salt 0,75 g 0.0 %
Dark chocolate CARUPANO 62% 15 g 5.6 %
Total 265g 100%

Heat the cream and infuse the orange zest, scraped vanilla pod, grated tonka bean and chopped galangal for 10 minutes.

Heat the glucose separately, pour in the sugar in 3 additions and caramelise at around 195°C.

Reduce the temperature by adding the previously-filtered warm cream, then incorporate the butter, the fine salt and the dark chocolate.

Mix the caramel and leave to cool.

Use 70 g of spiced chocolate caramel per 16 cm tart

Hazelnut Discs

4
Roasted whole hazelnuts 200 g 98.0 %
Fleur de sel 4 g 1.9 %
Total 204g 100%

Coating

5
COCOA BUTTER 600 g 60.0 %
Dark chocolate MADONG 70% 400 g 40.0 %
Total 1000g 100%

Roast the whole hazelnuts in the oven at 150°C for approx. 30 minutes.

When cooled, grind them with the fleur de sel, roll out 80 g/14 cm diameter discs and set aside in the freezer.

Once hardened, coat with the cocoa butter and chocolate mixture, melted at 40°C.

Milk Chocolate & Hazelnut Chantilly

6
Liquid cream 50 g 10.5 %
Milk chocolate DIVO 40% 40 g 8.4 %
PURE HAZELNUT PASTE 25 g 5.2 %
HAZELNUT PRALINE 50% Smooth 40 g 8.4 %
Whipped cream 300 g 63.1 %
Mascarpone 20 g 4.2 %
Total 475g 100%

Heat the cream and pour over the slightly melted milk chocolate chocolate.

Add the hazelnut paste and hazelnut praliné, then blend.

Mix with the cream and mascarpone, whipped into a chantilly texture.

Chef's word

Angelo Musa

“This tart is classic in flavour, but expertly crafted to bring out the intensity of the chocolate and hazelnut. The unex-pected spices in the caramel enhance the fl avours of the different crunchy, soft and creamy textures. It's a delight for all the senses!”

Final assembly

Pipe the caramel over the cooled ganache, then place the coated hazelnut disc on top.

Using a St Honoré piping tip, pipe the milk chocolate & hazelnut chantilly.

Sprinkle lightly with cocoa powder, and decorate with a few roasted hazelnuts and hazelnut skins.