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Chocolate Hazelnut Tart with Semifreddo

A special dessert for someone that needs chocolate. You will need to make the semifreddo the day before or up to 6 hours before. The recipe is at the bottom of this post
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Course Cake, Chocolate, Dessert
Cuisine Western
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 200 gram plain flour 1- ½ Aust cups
  • 40 gram pure icing sugar ¼ Aust, powdered sugar
  • 125 gram butter chopped unsalted
  • 1 Egg 70 gm
  • 20 ml water 1 Tablespoon

Filling

  • 300 gram dark chocolate 70%cut into pieces
  • 200 gram butter unsalted chopped
  • 2 whole eggs
  • 2 yolks
  • 125 gram castor sugar

Semi Freddo- Make this the day ahead for best results

  • recipe here

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180 C or 350 F
  • I used a rectangular tart approx 11 x 7 inch case with a removable base, a 10 inch or 23 cm round one

Pastry`

  • To make the pastry combine flour, sugar and butter in a food processor and blitz till combined. Mix the egg and cold water, stop the machine and add 3/4 of the egg mix and blitz briefly. If the dough doesn't come together in a ball add a little more of the egg mix. .
  • Flatten into a disc, wrap in plastic and chill till very cold ( up to 1 hour or in the freezer). Roll out the pastry as thinly as you can, on a bench using enough flour to stop it sticking. Line the tin you are using. Chill again. Then trim.
  • Bake blind for 15 minutes. Remove the paper and beans and finish cooking till golden (another 15 minutes approximately), set aside.
  • Turn the oven down to 160 C or 325 F,

Filling

  • Melt the butter and chocolate together and cool while preparing the eggs.
  • Beat the whole eggs and yolks with the sugar till light and fluffy and thick. Gently fold the chocolate mixture into the eggs and pour into the cooked pastry case.
  • Return to the oven and bake for approximately 15 minutes before checking. The centre should feel soft and wobbly, and mousse like. Cool.
  • Serve the tart with some extra chocolate, praline and raspberries.
  • it is soft and lovely the day it is made but will refrigerate and keep well for days

Notes

Never add too much liquid to pastry. A little bit at a time is best. A wet pastry will be tough