chocolate whisky tart

British recipes Chocolate and whisky tart recipe

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Date Published:
24/01/2008

Scotch whisky adds real flair to this delicious tart, devised by Jason Radbourn. For a contemporary twist, why not try it on Burns Night?

Ingredients

  • 228g self raising flour
  • 56g cocoa powder
  • 15ml Scotch whisky
  • 1 orange
  • 113g caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 113g butter unsalted
  • 113g extra thick Channel Island Cream
  • 1 roll of sweet pastry
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Method: How to make chocolate and whisky tart

For the pastry

1. Unroll the sweet pastry and cut out four rounds 6 inches in diameter.

2. Grease four 4 inch pastry rings.

3. Place the pastry into the rings and prick the base with a fork.

4. Line the pastry with greaseproof paper and fill with rice (to blind bake).

5. Place into a pre heated oven 200°C for 12 minutes.

6. Remove the cooked pastry rings from the oven, remove the rice and greaseproof paper and place into the oven for 4 minutes for the pastry to dry out.

For the chocolate and whisky filling

1. Place the butter and caster sugar into a bowl and mix together until creamed.

2. Add the juice of the orange and whisky to the mix.

3. Beat the eggs and add to the creamed butter and sugar, mix well.

4. Sieve the flour and cocoa powder onto the egg mix and fold in carefully.

5. Add the juice of the orange and whisky to the mix.

6. Fill the pastry rounds with the egg and whisky mix and place into the oven for 20 minutes ensure the mix is cooked.
Remove the tart from the pastry ring, place onto the plate and top with cream, mint and icing sugar.


Jason Radbourn started his food career with the Roux Brothers and is now Menu Development manager for Chef & Brewer

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  1. Have you printed the correct weights for the ingredients in this tart? Although I measured everything very carefully the filling was very dry and certainly not of a pouring consistency. Even after adding extra liquer and orange juice it was still not very moist at all.
    Posted by Florida C on 31/08/2009 15:14:21
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  2. how many people dose one 1 tarte serve?
    Posted by Amanda on 08/02/2009 19:41:45
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  3. i can not find a recipe on here, i was watching ramsey kitchen nightmares last night on more4 ,the one where he is in paris with a very lazy girl whos father was paying for the resturant and i was trying to find the chocolate tart that she makes also i would like to know how is the girl that gordon took on from that resturant. thank you
    Posted by Ashli Gray on 21/11/2008 13:22:41
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