Receta Chocolate and Caramel Tart ~ June Daring Bakers' challenge, Life Of Pie :)
Rachael from pizzarossa was our lovely June 2013 Daring Bakers’
host and she had us whipping up delicious pies in our kitchens! Cream pies,
fruit pies, chocolate pies, even crack pies! There’s nothing like pie! :)
Rachael gave us four delicious sweet pie recipes to choose from
and I really wanted to try all of them… But I could only make this smooth and
utterly indulgent French Chocolate
and caramel tart before I left for our vacation in beautiful
Switzerland…. I used store bought caramel (Dulce de Leche) for the caramel
layer and we really enjoyed this chocolate indulgence…. Thank you Rachael for the great
challenge :)
Chocolate
and Caramel Tart
Active
time: 1 hour altogether
Baking
time: 35 minutes altogether
Cooling
time: approx. 2 hours altogether
5
- tablespoons (75 ml) (70 gm) (2½ oz) granulated or powdered sugar, as you prefer
- 1¾
- cups (420 ml) (250 gm) (8¾ oz) all-purpose flour
- 9
- tablespoons (1 stick + 1 tablespoon) (125 gm) (4 ½ oz) cold butter, diced
- 4
- tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon (50 ml) cold water
- 7
- tablespoons (105 ml) (100 gm) (3½ oz) granulated sugar
- 7
- tablespoons (100ml) whole cream, hot
- 7
- tablespoons (100ml) whole milk
- 1/3
- cup (80 ml) (75 gm) (2½ oz) powdered sugar
- 13
- tablespoons (200ml) whole cream
- 1 cup
- plus 3 tablespoons (280 ml) (200 gm) (7 oz) dark
- chocolate,
broken into pieces
Preheat oven to moderate 350°F/180°C/gas mark 4. Lightly grease a 9"/24cm
or 10"/26cm tart pan, ideally a fluted metal one with a removable bottom.
In
a small bowl, whisk the egg yolk and sugar together with a teaspoon of the
water until pale and fluffy. Set aside.
Sift the flour and salt together into a mound on a work surface.
Scatter the diced butter over the top of the flour. Quickly toss the butter in
the flour so it's all coated, then, using your fingers, rub it in until it
resembles breadcrumbs. Keep repeating the operation
until it has the consistency of sand.
Gather the flour mixture into a mound and make a well in the center.
Pour the egg mixture and the rest of the water into the well. Working quickly,
incorporate the wet ingredients into the flour, first with your fingertips then
with a bench scraper until just mixed but not brought together.
Gently gather dough together into a rough ball between your palms. If it stays
together, it is sufficiently moist. If it doesn't stay together, add a touch
more water and repeat the process.
Using the palm of your hand, push away from you to smear the dough across the
work surface, gather it up and repeat until it comes together into a smooth,
soft ball. You aren't kneading,
you are using the smearing action to bind the elements of the dough without
developing the gluten in the flour. The dough ball shouldn't spring back when
pressed.
Lightly flour your work surface and lightly roll the dough out to about 3mm
thick in a circle to fit your pan. Press the dough gently into the pan, prick
all over the bottom with a fork.
Line the tart pan with baking paper and fill with dry beans or pie weights and
bake until set, around 9 minutes. Remove pie weights and paper and bake another
6 minutes, until dry.
Remove the pastry from the oven and allow to cool in the pan. Leave the oven
on.
Spread the sugar evenly across the bottom of a small, heavy-based, noncoated
saucepan (it needs to be metallic so you can see the color). Heat over a
medium-low heat without stirring until the sugar starts to melt and becomes
liquid around the edges. Once about a quarter of it has melted, gently stir
continuously with a wooden spoon or heat-proof spatula until it turns a deep
amber color, a few minutes depending on how high the heat is.
Remove from heat and very slowly and carefully pour all (100ml) of the hot
cream into the caramel, stirring continuously - it will splutter and steam so
be very careful as it is extremely hot. The cream needs to hot and poured very
slowly, otherwise the caramel will seize. Keep stirring until it stops bubbling
and is well combined then set aside to cool. I couldn't take a lot of pictures
of this process because I needed both my hands!
In
a medium bowl, whisk the eggs together with the milk and powdered sugar.
In
a small heavy-based saucepan, bring all (200ml) of the cream to a boil.
Remove cream from heat and add the broken chocolate. Stir until the chocolate
has melted completely and the mixture is smooth. Let cool a few minutes.
Pour the chocolate mixture into the egg and milk mixture and stir gently with a
spatula to obtain a smooth cream.
Spread the cooled caramel in the bottom of the cooked tart shell.
Gently pour the chocolate cream over the caramel so you don't disturb it.
Place the tart into the hot oven and bake for 30 minutes, until the filling has
set but is still wobbly in the center.
Remove the tart from the oven and allow to cool to room temperature. If using a
tart pan with removable bottom, unmold before serving.
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