Chocolate tart with honeycomb
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Plus chilling
- A challenge
- Cuts into 12 slices
Ingredients
- 375g sheet ready-rolled sweet dessert pastry
- crème fraîche, to serve
For the honeycomb
- butter, for the baking tray
- 4 tbsp golden syrup
- 200g caster sugar
- 1 tbsp bicarbonate of soda
For the filling
- 300g dark chocolate, finely chopped
- 300ml double cream
- 3 large eggs
Method
- STEP 1
To make the honeycomb, butter a large baking tray and line with baking parchment. In a large saucepan, heat the golden syrup and caster sugar until the sugar is melted. Increase the heat and boil until it becomes a dark caramel, then remove from the heat and leave to cool for 2 mins. Add the bicarbonate of soda and whisk like mad; the bubbles will be extremely hot, so be careful not to splash any on you. Quickly pour onto the tray to set. Can be done to this stage 2 days ahead.
- STEP 2
Line a 23cm round, loose-bottomed tart tin with the pastry, leaving any extra overhanging the edges. Chill for 30 mins.
- STEP 3
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Line the pastry case with baking parchment, fill with rice or baking beans and bake for 15 mins. Remove the baking beans and parchment, and bake for another 5-7 mins until golden brown. Remove from the oven and turn it down to 140C/120C fan/gas 1.
- STEP 4
To make the filling, put the chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water. Leave to melt without stirring too much. Put the cream in a small pan and bring to the boil. Whisk the eggs in a large bowl, then pour over the cream, mixing the whole time. Add the chocolate to the cream mixture along with a pinch of salt and mix well to combine.
- STEP 5
Carefully pour the mixture into the tart case, place in the oven and switch it off. After 20 mins, remove and chill for at least 2 hrs to set. Serve the tart in slices scattered with crumbled honeycomb, with crème fraîche on the side.