This Chocolate torte has a soft, light, gooey Body and a Crumbly Pastry Enjoy!
Ingredients
Pastry:
175g Plain Flour
25g Cocoa Powder
100g Butter
Tart Filling:
175g Dark chocolate, Broken into pieces
100g Butter
100g Caster Sugar
2eggs + 1 Egg yolk
35g Self raising Flour
To decorate : Creme Fraiche
- First The pastry you can do this either in a food processor or by hand, Put the Flour, Cocoa and Butter into the bowl / processor and rub to a fine crumb (or pulse).
- Add a little cold water until it forms a dough, then wrap in cling film and leave to cool in the fridge for 20minutes.
- Remove Pastry from Fridge and roll to fit a 21cm Fluted Loose bottom Tart Tin, then put the Tin in the fridge for ten minutes and pre-heat your oven to 180C.
- Pierce the pastry base with a fork and cover with Baking paper then fill with baking beans or Pasta / Rice blind bake for 15minutes and then remove the Baking Paper and Beans and bake for a Further 5minutes.
- To Make the Filling melt the chocolate over a pan of hot water or in a microwave, then leave to cool on the side.
- Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Add the Eggs, Yolk and Flour, Mix well (do not worry if it looks slightly curdled the chocolate will solve it!)
- Fold in the Melted chocolate and fill the pastry base.
- Cook at 160C for 25-30mins until almost completely set but still slightly wobbly in the middle.
- Leave to cool.
- Fill a piping bag with creme fraiche and pipe onto the cool tart base,
- Enjoy.
In the Picture it is served with a Raspberry Coulis, To make the Raspberry Coulis put 100g of Raspberries in a small saucepan with 2tbsps of Sugar and cook at a medium heat until it become a sauce, add more sugar to taste.
Wow this looks good. And the ingredients are easy enough to find.
ReplyDeleteHow long have you been baking? And is Harriet Jackson your name?
I have been baking since i was about 12 (i am now 15) and Yes it is that is from my Cooking exam.
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