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Chocolate almond tart

 
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Photography by Ben Dearnley. Food styling by Marie-Helene Clauzon
Photography by Ben Dearnley. Food styling by Marie-Helene Clauzon

Serving size: Serves 4
Cooking time: More than 1 hour
Course: Dessert
Favourite flavours: Cakes/baking, Chocolate

Chocolate almond tart
INGREDIENTS

50g dark eating chocolate, chopped coarsely
¼ cup (55g) caster sugar
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
½ cup (60g) ground almonds (almond meal)
20g cold unsalted butter, chopped finely
2 eggs
2 teaspoons brandy
2 sheets ready-rolled butter puff pastry
METHOD

Process chocolate, sugar, cocoa and almonds in a food processor until chocolate is chopped finely. Add butter and process until mixture begins to come together.

Add 1 egg and brandy; process to combine.

Cut one pastry sheet into a 12cm x 24cm rectangle; one into a 14cm x 24cm rectangle. Leaving a 2cm border along all sides, cut even slits in centre of larger pastry sheet at 1.5cm intervals. Place smaller sheet on a greased oven tray; spread the centre with chocolate mixture, leaving a 2cm border. Brush edges with a little of the remaining beaten egg.

Top with other pastry sheet, press edges of pastry together. Freeze for 10 minutes.

Preheat oven to moderately hot (200°C/180°C fan-forced).

Brush pastry lightly with remaining beaten egg. Bake about 35 minutes or until golden.
 
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is this going to be healthy snack for me to make for people to have at the movies??

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