Baked Chocolate and Apricot Ginger Tart

Tart case

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

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

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

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

Décor

ingredients preparation
  • as neededg
    Van Houten Professional Cocoa Powder