As promised, this week I continue my series of recipes dedicated to the chestnut season, with a wonderful dark chocolate and marrons glacés tart. This is a rich dark chocolate tart, enriched with an hint of sweet chestnut flavour and with a luscious creamy filling that will definitely warm you up nicely!
I know that marrons glacés (candied chestnuts) can be expensive, however, in this recipe I used just 100 g, to add some sweetness and flavour…Believe me, it is worth it! You can buy marrons glacés in pieces, which are a little bit cheaper. I also added a little bit of chestnut flour in the shortcrust, which works quite nicely with the other ingredients, without overpowering their flavours.
Dark chocolate and marrons glacés tart
(I used a ceramic cake pan of 24 cm of diameter)
Ingredients
180 g plain unbleached flour
40 g chestnut flour
50 g brown sugar
120 g softened butter
1 egg yolk
a pinch of salt
For the dark chocolate and marrons glacés filling
200 ml of milk
200 g of dark chocolate (I used 100 g chocolate with minimum 50% of cocoa solids and 100 g with 70% cocoa solids)
100 g marrons glacés (candied chestnuts)
2 tablespoons dark rum
2 eggs
60 g brown sugar
Method.
1. Prepare the dough. Work the butter with 50 g of brown sugar and 1 egg yolk. Add the flour with a pinch of salt, then knead well (without overworking) and put in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
2. Prepare the filling. Separately, puree the marrons glacés using a fork. Then add 2 tablespoons of rum and mix until you get a jam-like consistency.
3. Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie (double boiler). Combine the melted chocolate with the marrons glacés puree, then gradually add 2 eggs and 200 ml of milk. Mix well and put the filling in the refrigerator.
4. Prepare the tart crust.Take the dough and roll it out on a sheet of baking paper, using a rolling pin. Place the pastry (with the baking paper) on the cake pan and then cut off the excess paper. Pierce the base of the tart a few times with a fork.
5. Fill the tart crust with the chocolate and marrons glacés filling. Bake at 180 ° C (356°F) for about 50 minutes (the cooking time depends on the oven, check on the cake!).
6. Let cool, cut and serve.
Crostata al cioccolato fondente e marrons glacés
Ho usato una tortiera di ceramica di 24 cm di diametro
Ingredienti
180 g di farina 00
40 g di farina di castagne
50 g di zucchero di canna
120 g di burro morbido
1 tuorlo d’uovo
un pizzico di sale
Per la crema al cioccolato fondente e marrons glacés
200 ml di latte
200 g di cioccolato fondente (ho usato una tavoletta da 100 g al 50% di contenuto di cacao e una sempre di 100 g al 70% di contenuto di cacao)
100 g di marrons glacés
2 cucchiai di rum scuro
2 uova
60 g di zucchero di canna
Preparazione.
1. Lavorate il burro con il tuorlo e 50 g di zucchero. Aggiungete la farina con un pizzico di sale e amalgamate bene l’impasto, senza lavorarlo troppo. Lasciate riposare in frigorifero per 30 minuti.
2. A parte, schiacciate bene i marrons glacés con una forchetta. Aggiungete due cucchiai di rum scuro e mescolate, fino ad ottenere la consistenza di una marmellata.
3. Fate sciogliere a bagnomaria il cioccolato. Mescolate il cioccolato sciolto con la purea di marrons glacés, due uova e il latte (aggiungete uova e latte molto gradualmente). Mettete la crema nel frigorifero a rassodare.
4. Prendete l’impasto dal frigorifero e stendetelo con il matterello su un foglio di carta da forno. Trasferite la sfoglia di pasta (con la carta) sulla teglia e tagliate la carta in eccesso. Forate più volte la pasta con la forchetta.
5. Riempite la base della torta con la crema al cioccolato e marrons glacés. Infornate a 180° C per circa 50 minuti (la cottura dipende dal forno, controllate la torta).
6. Fate raffreddare, tagliate e servite.
Mmmmmmmmmm,…What a stunning Amazing delicious looking tart! I love it,..looks very Yum Yum! 😊
It was…:-)))
Your tart looks beautiful and I’m a fan of marrons glacés 🙂
Thank you Linda!! I am glad that you like it X
Yummy!
🙂
Mamma mia che torta goduriosa… 🙂
…Decisamente goduriosa Nicoletta! :-))) Ci vogliono le coccole in questo periodo!
How luscious Serena 🙂
Thank you XX
Che tentazioneeeeee!!!!!!!!
Ciao cara! Si, decisamente una dolce tentazione! 😉
This tart looks super amazing, Serena! Love the chocolate, one of my favourites! Thanks for sharing this lovely recipe! Bookmarking to try!
hi Jess! I am glad that you like it! I tend to use very dark chocolate, but you can use the one you prefer, according to your taste. Same thing with the amount of marrons glacés, you can add a little more, if you prefer more flavour and sweetness. I hope you enjoy it! 🙂
Pretty and I’m sure delicious as well.
Thank you Karen! X
Such a beautiful post, Serena! You have made me soooo hungry for your tarts!! 😀
ahah! Thank you darling! I hope you have a wonderful weekend,my friend!
Oh Serena!! this looks so so rich and delicious. My grandma was the classic chocolate pie baker in our family– but this definitely takes it up a notch. beautiful!
I can see where your wonderful skills as a baker come from! :-)))It is a beautiful heritage,to be able to cook with a lot of passion and love…
Sounds delicious! I will have to try these in a dairyfree version!
Thank you! It will be fine, just use a delicate milk, like rice milk, because almond milk will cover the flavour of marrons glacés, which is quite delicate.
Stupenda… è ottimo anche il tocco di farina di castagne nell’impasto!!! autunnale e coccolosa!
Grazie!! Si, le castagne si sentono appena, ma servono a rendere la crostata ancora più golosa! 🙂
will it make me fat? 😀 lol.
Maybe, but it will make you also very happy! :-))
What a fabulous recipe! Super duper Yum!
Thank you so much! I am glad that you like it! 🙂
Oh yes indeed I do! 🙂 You are welcome!