Coffee & Hazelnut Dark Chocolate Tart
Author: Tristan Rousselot
Servings: 10
Ingredients:
SWEET COCOA DOUGH
- 11g White Almond Powder
- 21g Potato Starch
- 64g Flour T55
- 8g Cocoa Powder (22/24% fat)
- 0.4g Fine Salt
- 36g Icing Sugar
- 38g Butter (unsalted)
- 21g Whole Eggs
DARK CHOCOLATE & COFFEE GANACHE
- 82g Heavy Cream
- 16g Inverted Sugar
- 0.3g Fine Salt
- 63g Dark Chocolate Couverture, 72%
- 11g Milk Chocolate Couverture (superior 38%)
- 18g Butter (unsalted)
- 10g PROVA Gourmet Fusion Coffee
DECORATION
- 100g Hazelnuts (whole)
Directions:
SWEET COCOA DOUGH
- 1. In a mixing bowl fitted with a paddle attachment, blend the butter cut into cubes and the sifted powders until sandy. Then add the whole eggs and mix until dough forms.
- 2. Roll out the dough between two silicone baking mats to a thickness of 2.5 mm. Let rest overnight and cut out discs 3.5 cm in diameter.
- 3. Bake on an inverted silicone half-sphere mold for 20 min at 155°C.
DARK CHOCOLATE & COFFEE GANACHE
- 1. In a saucepan, heat the cream, inverted sugar, and salt to 70°C. Pour the hot mixture over the dark and milk chocolate couverture and the cubed coffee fusion.
- 2. Blend intensely with an immersion blender without incorporating air bubbles.
DECORATION
- 1. Toast the hazelnuts for 20 min at 160°C. Allow to cool and then crush the hazelnuts.
- 2. Pour the warm ganache into the cocoa tart shells and sprinkle crushed hazelnuts over the top. Leave to crystallize.