Choco Caramel Tart
Angelo Musa
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.