Sometimes one is not in a mood for baking and traditional sheet cakes are too ordinary. Something simple but also something that will intrigue your guests is needed. For example, chocolate mousse – it is easy to make and you just have to wait a couple minutes for the chocolate to cool down, otherwise it’s a quick dessert. Hazelnut Chocolate Mousse Tart consists of crunchy hazelnut dough and dark chocolate mousse. I used a basic recipe for kneaded dough, but I replaced some part of the flour with hazelnuts. I used ground hazelnuts or hazelnut flour from the store, but if you want an even more bold hazelnut taste, you can either ground them by yourself at home or add slightly larger pieces of chopped hazelnuts, besides the hazelnut flour. Since hazelnuts and chocolate, whether milk or hot, are an eternal combination, dark chocolate mousse was a clear choice. Crispy dough and soft creamy mousse will create a simple dessert worth of your guests.
- Dough:
- 190 g all-purpose flour
- 60 g hazelnut flour
- 125 g butter
- 75 g icing sugar
- 1 egg
- A pinch of salt
- Chocolate mousse:
- 150 g dark chocolate
- 375 ml heavy cream
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Dough:
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Mix and combine flour with hazelnut flour, butter, icing sugar, egg and salt. Process it using hands or mixer. Put the dough in a refrigerator for an hour.
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Take the dough out after an hour, roll it out on a floured work surface and put it on the greased baking tart pan. Cut off the remaining dough around the edge of the baking pan. Cover the dough with baking paper and weigh it down with, for example, legume.
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Bake 20 – 25 minutes at 180 degrees or until edges begin to brown. Take it out from the oven, remove the baking paper and legume, leave it cool.
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Chocolate Mousse:
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Melt dark chocolate together with 100 ml heavy cream in water bath.
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Let the mixture cool to the room temperature.
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In the next bowl, whip remaining heavy cream.
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Incorporate cooled chocolate into whipped cream, stir well and spread it over the cooled dough.
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Put it in the refrigerator overnight to get firm.
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Decorate with cocoa and hazelnuts before serving.
- Baking pan - 25 cm
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