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Bitter Chocolate Orange Tart

Yields12 ServingsTotal Time1 hr 15 mins

Pictures shown use an alternative base taken from the reverse chocolate crumble recipe.

Pastry case
 250 g Plain flour
 175 g Butter
 1 Egg yolk
 90 g Caster sugar
Filling
 1 Lemon (zested)
 390 ml Double cream
 25 g Liquid glucose
 365 g 70% cocoa solids chocolate (chopped)
 85 g Butter (diced)
 4 tbsp Cointreau
Pastry case
1

Put the flour, caster sugar, and butter into a food processor and blitz until it looks like fine breadcrumbs.

2

Add the egg yolk and water and pulse until it holds together.

3

Tip out onto greaseproof paper, flatten then cover with another sheet of greaseproof and chill in fridge for about 30 mins.

4

Roll out and press into a tart tin, weight with baking beans, and bake blind for 12-15 mins at 200°C.

5

Remove baking beans and cook for another 5-10 mins, then leave to cool.

6

Brush with a beaten egg and allow to dry. 

Filling
7

Pour the cream and glucose into a pan and simmer

8

Pour the cream and glucose mix onto the chocolate and whisk together.

9

Add the Cointreau and whisk in the diced butter.

10

Pour into the cooled pastry case and chill for at least 2 hours (best chilled overnight).

11

Serve at room temperature. 

Nutrition Facts

12 servings

Serving size