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Hazelnut & Brown Butter Milk Chocolate Tart


  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 45 minutes
  • Yield: 2-4 servings 1x

Description

Makes 4 small tarts (4″ tart shell) If you want 1 large tart double the recipe.

Tools: large tart mold or small tart molds, whisk, Fruition Chocolate 

If you want to grind your own nuts: Premier Stone Grinder


Ingredients

Scale

Tart shell:

  • 92 grams room temperature butter
  • 80 grams sugar
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 egg
  • 200 grams of all purpose flour

Filling:


Instructions

Tart Shell:
1. Place butter, sugar and salt in a mixer and paddle until smooth. You can also do this with your hands, mix and blend until smooth.
2. Add the egg and incorporate.
3. Add the flour and mix until smooth. You can split the dough into four equal parts and place in the fridge to cool and make it easier to roll out. About 30 minutes. But can be over night or you can make days ahead and keep it frozen.
4. Remove from fridge and start to roll it out on a floured counter. Roll the dough out enough to cover your tart shell.
5. Bake the shells at 325F (162C) for 15 minutes, they should be light brown, not white, not dark.
6. Remove from the oven and let cool. You can place in fridge to help cool them.

Filling:

1. Chop chocolate into small pieces and place in a bowl with the hazelnut paste.
2. Boil heavy cream then pour over the chocolate and hazelnut paste. Let sit for 30 seconds. Whisk and if the chocolate is not melted, place the bowl over hot water (double boiler) and let the steam heat the cream, chocolate, hazelnut mixture.
3. Whisk until creamy then pour over already baked and cooled tart shell.
4. Place in the refrigerator until it sets, about 2-4 hours but can be overnight.
5. Nice to serve with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.

Notes

  1. If you insist on using whole hazelnuts you either have a horse powered blender or you own a special machine for grinding nuts into a paste. If this is the case, use the same measurement for hazelnuts, 120g of whole hazelnuts. If using only a blender, place roasted nuts, chopped chocolate and boiled heavy cream into the blender and blend until the most creamy point possible. Please be careful when blending hot liquids. Then pour into your tart shell.
  2. If you are going to make your own hazelnut paste, roast the 120g of hazelnuts and grind until you have your paste. Resume the recipe above.
  3. Once you have the filling you can choose to use it in any way. I have been eating it with a spoon. I could easily use it as a base for ice cream, milk shake, or a wicked mocha. You can freeze it in cubes and put a cube in your hot chocolate. It is very versatile and very delicious.
  4. Certainly you can use any other chocolate type or brand … but this recipe was especially created with the flavor notes of this Fruition Chocolate bar. You can use a dark chocolate but you will have to adjust the recipe to include less chocolate and you will need to add some sugar. Replace the 120g of Fruition Brown Butter milk chocolate for any other milk chocolate. Or to use dark chocolate … replace milk chocolate with 80g of dark chocolate and add 40 grams of sugar. Boil sugar with heavy cream.
  5. If you only have 1 Fruition Chocolate bar this recipe is still possible. Just divide everything by 2 and make 2 small personal tarts all for yourself.
  • Category: Desserts
  • Method: blend and bake

Keywords: tart, hazelnut, chocolate bar, Fruition Chocolate, brown butter milk chocolate