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Some Delicate Shades In The Kitchen…

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Dark Chocolate And Marrons Glacés Tart

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!

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!).

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6. Let cool, cut and serve.

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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.

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Pastry cutter wheel (detail)

This picture is also a clue to the next recipe…

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White Bowl With Tablespoon

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Coming soon…

Before continuing my series of recipes dedicated to the chestnut season, a little break with a very traditional recipe…

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follow the blog to find out more! 🙂

Lots Of Roasted Chestnuts…Coming soon!

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Two amazing years…

This months we celebrate foodfulife’s second anniversary! I have to thank all of you, friends and bloggers, for supporting the blog and keeping me going! Blogging is an amazing experience!!! I hope to continue this journey with a lot of new ideas and recipes…

Here is a collection of the most viewed recipes from this year.

Enjoy your day!

Fried sage leaves

A traditional genoese starter.

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Buckwheat gnocchi

Very tasty and soft gluten-free gnocchi.

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Salmon with lime and balsamic vinaigrette 

So simple and tasty! This is one of my favourite dishes!

Salmon with lime and balsamic vinaigrette (front view with seasoned salmon)

Focaccia alla genovese

Focaccia prepared in the traditional way.

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Torta Caprese

A wonderful dark chocolate cake made with almond flour…To die for!

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Torta Paradiso (heaven cake)

A heavenly soft and delicate cake that kids simply adore!!!

Torta Paradiso (Heaven cake)

Rich chocolate tart with fresh raspberries

A vegan dark chocolate tart, so rich and delicious!

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Also very popular the how to series of posts…

Happy Autumn!

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Grapes And Figs (Uva e fichi)

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Spelt Bread With Home-made Hummus

Today’s brunch was a lovely spelt bread (made following this sourdough pizza base recipe) with home-made  hummus. Yummy!!!!

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