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Chocolate and mint tart with creme de menthe cream
Chocolate and mint tart with creme de menthe cream
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Prep Time:
90 minutes
Cook Time:
45 minutes
Total Time:
135 minutes
Decadent tart fit for royalty with chocolate and mint.
Ingredients:
  • 40g icing sugar
  • 160ml thickened cream
  • 60g good-quality dark chocolate, melted, cooled
  • 20.00 gm cocoa powder, plus extra to dust
  • 40ml (2 tbsp) creme de menthe, plus extra to serve
  • Whipped cream, to serve
  • Mint leaves, to serve
  • 225g plain flour
  • 125g unsalted butter, chilled, cubed
Instructions:
  • For the pastry, combine flour and icing sugar in a food processor. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Then, add egg yolks and pulse until a ball forms. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
  • On a dusted surface, smoothly roll out the pastry and line the 23cm loose-bottomed tart pan. Chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  • Preheat your oven to 180°C.
  • Place baking paper in the pastry shell and add rice or pastry weights. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove the paper and weights, then bake for an additional five minutes until the crust is dry and crisp.
  • In a bowl, mix together the eggs, cream, chocolate, cocoa, and creme de menthe until well combined. Pour the mixture into the tart shell and bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes until it is just set. Allow it to cool at room temperature (avoid refrigerating).
  • - Gently drizzle a touch of extra creme de menthe into the whipped cream. - Slice the chocolate and mint tart, sprinkle with cocoa powder, and arrange on a serving plate. - Serve the tart with the flavored whipped cream and garnish with fresh mint leaves.

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