Gordon's chocolate tart

Recipe uploaded by

Gordon Ramsay

0 ratings

Recipe by Gordon Ramsay

Subscribe to olive magazine - 3 issues for £1

Tested

Leave a comment or rate this recipe

1. Video tutorial: Melting chocolate

1. To make the pastry, sift the flour, a pinch of salt and the icing sugar into a large bowl. Rub in the butter until it forms breadcrumbs.
2. Beat the egg and yolk with the vanilla seeds and pour through a sieve into a well made in the centre of the flour mix. Mix into a dough, then knead on a clean surface until the pastry comes together. Wrap and chill for a couple of hours.
3. Heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Roll the pastry so it's no thicker than a £1 coin and big enough to fit a 21cm tart ring or tart tin. Let the pastry overhang the tin by 1cm. chill for 15 minutes. Wrap the remaining pastry and freeze until you need it. Line with baking parchment and baking beans and bake blind for 20 minutes. Remove the beans and trim off the excess pastry and bake for a further 6 minutes. Cool. Turn the oven down to 150C/fan 130C/gas 2.
4. Put the chocolate in a large bowl. Bring the milk and cream to the boil. Slowly add to the chocolate, mixing slowly with a spatula. Once everything is mixed, whisk in the eggs and caster sugar. Pour through a sieve into a large jug. Fill the pastry case almost to the top. Put it in the oven and then top up the filling to just below the top. Cook for 35-40 minutes, or until the mix is set but wobbly. Cool. Dust with grated white chocolate, cocoa or icing sugar and pile high with chocolate curls.

Gordon's recipe

'My recipe is for a dessert tart. It looks fantastic (even without the curls it has a glossy surface); has a rich, smooth, almost moussy texture, and cuts beautifully. We make it plain, as in this recipe, or using gianduja (hazelnut chocolate) as a variation.'

Per serving

452 kcalories, protein 6.4g, carbohydrate 43.4g, fat 29.3 g, saturated fat 16.1g, fibre 1.8g, salt 0.26 g

Latest comments and suggestions

• Hazel Scott

  18 November 2009

  Hazel Scott commented on this recipe

  Will it freeze?

  Flag as inappropriate

  Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  Your name: Reason:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/13410/

Your binder

• Register
• Sign in
• More info

Sign up or sign in to receive a £40 wine voucher, and to save, rate and comment on recipes. Plus, get our newsletter.

Ingredients

• 100g milk chocolate
• 200g 70% dark chocolate plus more for curls to decorate
• 100ml milk
• 200ml double cream
• 2 eggs
• 2 tbsp golden caster sugar
• cocoa or icing sugar to dust

SWEET PASTRY

• 250g plain flour
• 125g icing sugar
• 125g butter , chilled and iced
• 1 egg , plus 1 yolk
• ½ vanilla pod , split and seeds scraped out

Search Good Food

Keywords

Refine your recipe search

Search filter options

Search by cooking times Less than 10 minutes 10-30 minutes 35-60 minutes Over an hour Search by difficulty Easy Moderately easy For the keen cook Search by cuisine American British Cajun & Creole Caribbean French German Greek Indian Italian Mediterranean Mexican Moroccan Scottish Spanish Swiss Thai Vietnamese Search by course Warm starter Cold starter Main course Side dish Pudding Search by calorie range Less than 200 200-400 400-600 600-800 Over 800 Search by occasion Midweek meal Dinner party Family favourite Birthdays Christmas New Year Mother's Day Chinese New Year Easter Search by chef Good Food Team olive Angela Nilsen Annabel Karmel Anthony Worral Thompson Gary Rhodes Gordon Ramsay James Martin John Torode Ken Hom Lesley Waters Mary Cadogan Merrilees Parker Nick Nairn Orlando Murrin Ruth Watson Silvana Franco Thane Prince Tony Tobin Search by diet Vegetarian Vegan Gluten-free Dairy-free Nut-free Egg-free Low-fat Low in salt Suitable for diabetics Search by magazine BBC Good food olive Search by servings 1 2 4 6 8 For a crowd

Difficulty and servings

Serves 12

Preparation and cooking times

Ingredients

• 100g milk chocolate
• 200g 70% dark chocolate plus more for curls to decorate
• 100ml milk
• 200ml double cream
• 2 eggs
• 2 tbsp golden caster sugar
• cocoa or icing sugar to dust

SWEET PASTRY

• 250g plain flour
• 125g icing sugar
• 125g butter , chilled and iced
• 1 egg , plus 1 yolk
• ½ vanilla pod , split and seeds scraped out

Per serving

452 kcalories, protein 6.4g, carbohydrate 43.4g, fat 29.3 g, saturated fat 16.1g, fibre 1.8g, salt 0.26 g

Your binder

Here are three other great reasons why to sign up:

• You get an online binder, where you can store all your favourite recipes and create menus.
• You can add your own recipes to this site for others to try; plus, rate and make comments on recipes, and share your views on our blog.
• You can sign up for our weekly newsletter (sent out on Wednesdays) - it's packed with recipes, special offers and competitions.

Recipes from the new TV channel and celebrity chefs. goodfoodchannel.co.uk