Tarte au chocolate, Hibiscus

 

Ingredients

400gm salted butter
400gm dark chocolate
400g caster sugar
180g plain flour
12 eggs

For the pastry
600g plain flour
400g cocoa powder
600g unsalted butter
6 egg yolks
1 egg
300g caster sugar

 

Method

  • Melt chocolate and butter together. Whisk eggs with sugar, then whisk in flour. Fold with a spatula the chocolate mix into the egg mix.

  • For the pastry, cream the butter and sugar together, add cocoa powder and flour.

  • Add egg and yolks and blend together, then roll out pastry and line 4 cases of approximately 8cm in diameter.

  • Bake blind for 7 minutes at 180°C and allow to cool. Fill cases with filling mixture and place back in the oven for a further 10 minutes at the same temperature.