A delectable complement to your favorite red wine, this Hazelnut Chocolate Tart is all things sweet and salty with cranberry filling and a hazelnut garnish.
Hazelnut Chocolate Tart
Makes 1 (9-inch) square tart
Ingredients
- Chocolate Short Dough (recipe follows)
- 1 cup (206 grams) sugar
- ⅔ cup dark corn syrup
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter , melted
- 4 tablespoons dry red wine
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1½ cups fresh or frozen cranberries
- 1 cup peeled hazelnuts , roughly chopped
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels
- Garnish: chopped hazelnuts , sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll Chocolate Short Dough into a 12-inch circle. Transfer to a 9-inch square tart pan with a removable bottom, pressing into bottom and up the sides of pan. Top with a piece of parchment paper, letting ends extend over edges of pan. Add pie weights.
- Bake 15 minutes. Remove paper and weights. Bake another 5 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack while preparing filling.
- In a medium saucepan, stir together sugar, corn syrup, melted butter, wine, eggs, and vanilla until smooth. Stir in cranberries and hazelnuts. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer, stirring constantly, until thickened, 6 to 8 minutes. Let cool to room temperature.
- Spoon cranberry filling into cooled tart shell, smoothing top with an offset spatula.
- In a small microwavable bowl, heat cream in microwave until very hot, about 1 minute. Stir in chocolate morsels until melted and smooth. Pour ganache over cranberry filling, smoothing to edges of tart. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 3 hours.
- Garnish with chopped hazelnuts and sea salt, if desired.
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Chocolate Short Dough
Makes approximately 1 pound (437 grams) dough
Ingredients
- 1½ cups (205 grams) all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup (24 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 9 tablespoons unsalted butter , softened
- ⅓ cup (66 grams) sugar
- 2 large egg yolks
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, sift together flour and cocoa powder. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar with a mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Turn off mixer, and add sifted flour mixture and salt. Mix on low speed until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour, before using.
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I made once & it was great – though the filling recipe now seems to be missing
Thank you for reaching out! This recipe has been updated.
What do you recommend using instead of a 9×9″ square pan? I can’t find one online that will arrive before the holidays!
Hi Nina,
Thank you for reaching out. Instead of a 9×9 square pan, you could use a 11” x 7” pan, or an oval-shaped casserole dish, about 8” x 12″. Hope this helps and happy baking!
Why isn’t the filling baked inside the tart? This seems really strange. I am about to put in the filling but it never got thicker so this whole recipe instruction is odd.
Hi Ellie,
Thank you for reaching out. The filling is a stovetop custard. This calls for similar instructions to how you don’t bake pastry cream into a tart. You should make it on the stovetop, let it cool, and then use it in the recipe. Hope this helps and happy baking!