This gorgeous dark chocolate and salted caramel tart from Nomu is the perfect dessert to warm you up this cold season
INGREDIENTS
To make the pastry:
- 1 cup cake flour
- 60ml NOMU Cocoa
- ½ cup icing sugar, sieved
- Pinch of NOMU Sea Salt
- 100g butter, cubed
- 1 egg yolk
- 3-4t ice cold water
To make the caramel:
- 75g unsalted butter
- 100g granulated white sugar
- 3T water
- 125ml cream, heated
- ¼t NOMU Sea Salt
To make the chocolate filling:
- 300g NOMU Decadent Hot Chocolate
- 1 cup cream
- 3T granulated white sugar
- 4T unsalted butter, cubed
- Pinch of NOMU Sea Salt
METHOD
To make the pastry:
- Sieve the flour, cocoa, icing sugar and salt together.
- Place the dry mixture and butter cubes in a food processor and blitz together until the pastry mixture resembles fine bread crumbs.
- Add the egg yolk and blitz through, then add the water spoon by spoon until the mixture comes together to form a dough.
- Shape the dough into a flat disk and cover with cling film before placing it in the fridge to rest for at least 30 minutes.
- Roll the pastry out thinly on a floury surface and line a tart tin (22 x 3.5cm).
- Chill in the fridge for a further 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Roll off excess pastry with a rolling pin, cover with baking paper and fill with baking beans or rice. Bake for 15 minutes then remove the beans and bake for a further 5 minutes.
To make the caramel:
- Melt the butter, sugar and water together in a small saucepan and stir until the sugar has completely dissolved.
- Turn the heat up slightly and let the mixture simmer until it reaches a medium coloured caramel colour, swirling the pot every now and again.
- Add the hot cream, whisk through and bring back to the boil before adding the salt.
- Pour the caramel into the cooled tart shell, and set aside, allowing to cool.
To make the chocolate filling:
- Place the NOMU Decadent Hot Chocolate pieces in a medium bowl and set aside.
- Combine the cream, sugar, butter, and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat and stir until the sugar dissolves and the liquid comes to a boil.
- Pour the hot cream mixture over the chocolate pieces and stir gently until all the chocolate has melted.
- Set aside to cool to room temperature.
- Pour the chocolate filling onto the cooled caramel layer and place the tart in the fridge, allowing it to set for about 2-3 hours before serving.
This recipe serves 8-10 people
*If you don’t want to make the caramel from scratch simply use Caramel Treat. Alternatively, leave out the caramel entirely for a delicious chocolate tart.