Almond Chocolate Valentines Tart…
Serves: 6-8
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients:
Crust:
- 125g Ginger Biscuits
- 115g Whitworths Ground Almonds
- 50g Sugar
- 60g Butter, melted
Filling:
- 300g Dark Chocolate, chopped into small pieces
- 225ml Whipping Cream
- 3 Medium Eggs
- 50g Sugar
- 1tbsp Flour
- 100g Whitworths Flaked Almonds
Topping:
- Fresh strawberries
- Chopped almonds
Method:
To make the crust:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C / fan 160°C / gas mark 4.
- In a food processor grind the ginger biscuits, ground almonds and sugar.
- Add the melted butter and combine well.
- Press the mixture onto the bottom and sides of a 23cm (9″) heart shaped cake tin.
- Bake the crust in the middle of the oven for 15 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack.
To make the filling:
- Combine the chopped chocolate and whipping cream in a saucepan.
- Whisk over a low heat until chocolate is melted and smooth then remove the saucepan from the heat.
- Whisk the eggs, sugar and flour in a bowl to blend.
- Very gradually whisk the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture until smooth and blended.
- Gently stir in 80g of the flaked almonds.
- Pour the chocolate filling into the crust, sprinkle remaining flaked almonds on top in a heart shape.
- Bake the chocolate tart for 30 minutes then transfer onto a cooling rack.
- Cool for 1 hour before serving.
- Topped with strawberries and chopped almonds.
Recipe and photo credits by Whitworths
Hi, I am Claire and I created Claire Justine in 2011. I hope you enjoy reading my posts as much as I love writing them. Please leave a comment below and share your thoughts with us.
This looks wonderful!Thanks for being part of the Blog Hop.- Alma, The Tablescaper
Thanks for stopping by 🙂
I read this on my iPhone in bed at like 10:30 this morning. I was so hungry and then after seeing this I wanted to eat my own arm.That's a compliment, by the way. It looks wonderful!Corinne x
I need to eat a slice now with my tea 🙂
Hi Julie, thanks for stopping by 🙂
Claire it is pretty and surely delicious too. Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop . Big Hugs
Thanks for the comment Katherine 🙂