Chocolate And Salted Caramel Tart
Lovely sweet tart with chocolate and caramel
- Prep time
- 50 min
- Cook time
- 45 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 1/4 cups Rolled Oats not the quick cooking variety
- 3/4 cup Whole Wheat Flour
- 2 tablespoons Cocoa Powder
- 1/4 cup Honey
- 100 grams Butter (Unsalted) for a vegan version use 1/3 cup slightly melted coconut oil
- 2/3 cup Brown Sugar (Demerara Sugar)
- 100 grams Butter (Salted)
- 1/4 cup Heavy whipping cream
- 1/4-1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 300 grams Dark chocolate chopped into small pieces
- 1 cup Heavy whipping cream
- Dried rose petals for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- 1
To begin the preparation of Chocolate And Salted Caramel Tart, first preheat oven to 180C.
- 2
In a food processor/mixer, add oats, whole wheat flour and cocoa powder; pulse till the oats are coarsely ground. Add honey and butter or coconut oil and pulse again till everything is mixed together and resembles wet sand.
- 3
Press this mixture (I used my fingers) into the bottom and up the sides of a 9 inch round tart tin.
- 4
Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes.
- 5
Heat brown sugar and butter in a medium pan over medium heat, whisking constantly. Once the mixture starts to bubble, cook for a minute. Remove from the heat and slowly whisk in the cream until smooth. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt and stir to mix. Let the caramel cool, taste and add more salt if required.
- 6
Place chocolate in a heat proof bowl. Heat the cream till almost boiling and add it to the chocolate. Let sit for 2-3 minutes and then stir gently till you have a smooth ganache. If any chocolate pieces remain, place bowl in the microwave for 20-30 seconds, till all the chocolate has melted. Let the ganache cool before using.
- 7
Pour the caramel into the baked and cooled tart crust, refrigerate for 30 minutes to let the caramel set.
- 8
Then pour the chocolate ganache on top and let it set; store covered in the refrigerator.
- 9
Garnish with dried rose petals.
- 10
Serve the Chocolate And Salted Caramel Tart as a delicious dessert at your next dinner party. You can serve it after a meal of Schezwan Noodle Sandwich Recipe or American Chop Suey Recipe.