Crostata al Quadrato by @cakeofgina_

1h25

8 servings

🍞

500 g

Black shortcrust pastry

🥜

100 g

Toasted hazelnuts

🍬

70 g

Sugar

🍫

100 g

Dark chocolate

🥛

370 ml

Fresh cream

🥛

100 ml

Whole milk

🍯

10 g

Honey

🍮

6 g

Gelatin sheets

🍫

210 g

White chocolate

🧀

250 g

Mascarpone

🍇

60 g

Pomegranate

🫐

60 g

Raspberries

  1. Line
    • black shortcrust pastry

    Line the 20 cm square perforated tart ring with black shortcrust pastry, reserving some pastry for the decorative insert.

  2. Freeze
    • black shortcrust pastry

    Freeze the lined tart shell for at least 30 minutes.

  3. Bake
    • black shortcrust pastry

    Bake the frozen tart shell at 160°C for 25 minutes until crisp.

  4. Add
    • granulated sugar

    Add the 70 g granulated sugar to a heavy-bottomed saucepan in small additions, allowing each addition to melt.

  5. Stir
    • roasted hazelnuts

    Stir the 100 g roasted hazelnuts into the dry caramel until evenly coated.

  6. Pour
    • roasted hazelnuts
    • granulated sugar

    Pour the hazelnut caramel onto baking paper and let it cool completely.

  7. Blend
    • roasted hazelnuts
    • granulated sugar

    Break the cooled hazelnut caramel into small pieces and blend until it becomes a smooth praline paste.

  8. Spread
    • black shortcrust pastry
    • roasted hazelnuts
    • granulated sugar

    Spread a layer of hazelnut praline paste over the base of the cooled tart shell.

  9. Chop
    • dark chocolate

    Finely chop the 100 g dark chocolate and place it in a mixing bowl.

  10. Pour
    • heavy cream
    • dark chocolate

    Bring 100 ml of the heavy cream to a boil and pour it over the dark chocolate.

  11. Stir
    • dark chocolate
    • heavy cream
    • roasted hazelnuts

    Stir the ganache until smooth and pour it over the chilled praline layer.

  12. Refrigerate
    • dark chocolate
    • heavy cream

    Refrigerate the tart until the dark chocolate ganache is firm.

  13. Soak
    • gelatin sheets

    Soak the 6 g gelatin sheets in cold water until soft.

  14. Heat
    • whole milk
    • heavy cream
    • honey

    Heat the 100 ml whole milk, 90 ml heavy cream, and 10 g honey until hot but not boiling.

  15. Squeeze
    • gelatin sheets
    • whole milk
    • heavy cream

    Squeeze the softened gelatin sheets and stir them into the hot milk mixture until dissolved.

  16. Melt
    • white chocolate
    • whole milk
    • heavy cream

    Melt the 210 g white chocolate and pour in the hot milk mixture in three additions.

  17. Blend
    • white chocolate
    • whole milk
    • heavy cream

    Blend the white chocolate mixture briefly with an immersion blender until smooth.

  18. Add
    • mascarpone
    • white chocolate
    • Fresh cream

    Add the 250 g room-temperature mascarpone and blend briefly until the cream is homogeneous.

  19. Pour
    • mascarpone
    • white chocolate
    • Fresh cream

    Pour about half of the mascarpone cream over the firm ganache and refrigerate for 4 hours.

  20. Wrap
    • mascarpone
    • white chocolate
    • Fresh cream

    Cover the remaining mascarpone cream directly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4 to 5 hours or overnight.

  21. Whip
    • mascarpone
    • white chocolate
    • Fresh cream

    Whip the chilled remaining mascarpone cream for 3 minutes until soft and stable.

  22. Transfer
    • mascarpone
    • white chocolate
    • Fresh cream

    Transfer the whipped mascarpone cream to a piping bag and pipe it onto the chilled tart.

  23. Bake
    • black shortcrust pastry
    • Fresh cream

    Bake or shape the reserved black shortcrust pastry into a decorative insert and place it over the mascarpone cream.

  24. Step
    • pomegranate arils
    • raspberries

    Finish the center of the tart with pomegranate arils and raspberries.

Crostata al Quadrato by @cakeofgina_

1h25

8 servings

🍞

500 g

Black shortcrust pastry

🥜

100 g

Toasted hazelnuts

🍬

70 g

Sugar

🍫

100 g

Dark chocolate

🥛

370 ml

Fresh cream

🥛

100 ml

Whole milk

🍯

10 g

Honey

🍮

6 g

Gelatin sheets

🍫

210 g

White chocolate

🧀

250 g

Mascarpone

🍇

60 g

Pomegranate

🫐

60 g

Raspberries

Preparation Steps

  1. Step 1/24

    Line the 20 cm square perforated tart ring with black shortcrust pastry, reserving some pastry for the decorative insert.

    🍞black shortcrust pastry
    20 cm square perforated tart ring
    🥄spatula
  2. Step 2/24

    Freeze the lined tart shell for at least 30 minutes.

    🍞black shortcrust pastry
    20 cm square perforated tart ring
  3. Step 3/24

    Bake the frozen tart shell at 160°C for 25 minutes until crisp.

    🍞black shortcrust pastry
    20 cm square perforated tart ring
  4. Step 4/24

    Add the 70 g granulated sugar to a heavy-bottomed saucepan in small additions, allowing each addition to melt.

    🍬granulated sugar
    🍲heavy-bottomed saucepan
    🥄wooden spoon
  5. Step 5/24

    Stir the 100 g roasted hazelnuts into the dry caramel until evenly coated.

    🥜roasted hazelnuts
    🍲heavy-bottomed saucepan
    🥄wooden spoon
  6. Step 6/24

    Pour the hazelnut caramel onto baking paper and let it cool completely.

    🥜roasted hazelnuts
    🍬granulated sugar
    📜baking paper
    🥄spatula
  7. Step 7/24

    Break the cooled hazelnut caramel into small pieces and blend until it becomes a smooth praline paste.

    🥜roasted hazelnuts
    🍬granulated sugar
    🔪knife
  8. Step 8/24

    Spread a layer of hazelnut praline paste over the base of the cooled tart shell.

    🍞black shortcrust pastry
    🥜roasted hazelnuts
    🍬granulated sugar
    🥄spatula
    20 cm square perforated tart ring
  9. Step 9/24

    Finely chop the 100 g dark chocolate and place it in a mixing bowl.

    🍫dark chocolate
    🔪knife
    🥣mixing bowl
  10. Step 10/24

    Bring 100 ml of the heavy cream to a boil and pour it over the dark chocolate.

    🥛heavy cream
    🍫dark chocolate
    🍲heavy-bottomed saucepan
    🥣mixing bowl
  11. Step 11/24

    Stir the ganache until smooth and pour it over the chilled praline layer.

    🍫dark chocolate
    🥛heavy cream
    🥜roasted hazelnuts
    🍬granulated sugar
    🥄spatula
    🥣mixing bowl
    20 cm square perforated tart ring
  12. Step 12/24

    Refrigerate the tart until the dark chocolate ganache is firm.

    🍫dark chocolate
    🥛heavy cream
    20 cm square perforated tart ring
  13. Step 13/24

    Soak the 6 g gelatin sheets in cold water until soft.

    🍮gelatin sheets
    🥣mixing bowl
  14. Step 14/24

    Heat the 100 ml whole milk, 90 ml heavy cream, and 10 g honey until hot but not boiling.

    🥛whole milk
    🥛heavy cream
    🍯honey
    🍲heavy-bottomed saucepan
  15. Step 15/24

    Squeeze the softened gelatin sheets and stir them into the hot milk mixture until dissolved.

    🍮gelatin sheets
    🥛whole milk
    🥛heavy cream
    🍯honey
    🍲heavy-bottomed saucepan
    🥄wooden spoon
  16. Step 16/24

    Melt the 210 g white chocolate and pour in the hot milk mixture in three additions.

    🍫white chocolate
    🥛whole milk
    🥛heavy cream
    🍯honey
    🍮gelatin sheets
    🥣mixing bowl
    🥄spatula
  17. Step 17/24

    Blend the white chocolate mixture briefly with an immersion blender until smooth.

    🍫white chocolate
    🥛whole milk
    🥛heavy cream
    🍯honey
    🍮gelatin sheets
    🥣mixing bowl
  18. Step 18/24

    Add the 250 g room-temperature mascarpone and blend briefly until the cream is homogeneous.

    🧀mascarpone
    🍫white chocolate
    🥣mixing bowl
  19. Step 19/24

    Pour about half of the mascarpone cream over the firm ganache and refrigerate for 4 hours.

    🧀mascarpone
    🍫white chocolate
    🍫dark chocolate
    🥄spatula
    20 cm square perforated tart ring
  20. Step 20/24

    Cover the remaining mascarpone cream directly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4 to 5 hours or overnight.

    🧀mascarpone
    🍫white chocolate
    🥣mixing bowl
    🧻plastic wrap
  21. Step 21/24

    Whip the chilled remaining mascarpone cream for 3 minutes until soft and stable.

    🧀mascarpone
    🍫white chocolate
    🥣mixing bowl
  22. Step 22/24

    Transfer the whipped mascarpone cream to a piping bag and pipe it onto the chilled tart.

    🧀mascarpone
    🍫white chocolate
    🫙piping bag
    20 cm square perforated tart ring
  23. Step 23/24

    Bake or shape the reserved black shortcrust pastry into a decorative insert and place it over the mascarpone cream.

    🍞black shortcrust pastry
    20 cm square perforated tart ring
  24. Step 24/24

    Finish the center of the tart with pomegranate arils and raspberries.

    🍇pomegranate arils
    🫐raspberries
    🥄spatula

Composition

Ingredients

Types

Bakery, Dessert, Chocolate, Dairy, Sweeteners, Gelling agents, Fruit

Ingredients

Black shortcrust pastry, Toasted hazelnuts, Sugar, Dark chocolate, Fresh cream, Whole milk, Honey, Gelatin sheets, White chocolate, Mascarpone, Pomegranate, Raspberries

Notes

Black shortcrust pastry (recipe on the blog, used to line the tart and make the insert), Toasted hazelnuts (for the praline), Sugar (for the dry caramel in the praline), Dark chocolate (for the ganache), Fresh cream (for the ganache, heated to boiling, for the mascarpone cream), Whole milk (for the mascarpone cream), Honey (for the mascarpone cream), Gelatin sheets (130 bloom, rehydrated before use), White chocolate (for the mascarpone cream), Mascarpone (at room temperature), Pomegranate (for topping, no amount given), Raspberries (for topping, no amount given)

Allergens

Gluten, Milk, Eggs

Dietetics

Dietary regimen

to inform

Calories

490 kcal

Macro nutrients

Protein: 7g, Carbohydrates: 46g, Fat: 32g, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 32g, Saturated fat: 15g

Nutritional Information

Minerals

Calcium: 130mg, Iron: 2.1mg, Potassium: 190mg

Vitamins

Vitamin A: 180µg, Vitamin C: 4mg, Vitamin E: 1.4mg

Preparation

Time Information

Preparation

1 hour 0 minutes

Cooking

25 minutes

Overall

1 hour 25 minutes

Difficulty

Level

Expert (4/4)

Steps

24 steps

Equipments

Utensils

20 cm square perforated tart ring, heavy-bottomed saucepan, wooden spoon, baking paper, knife, mixing bowl, spatula, piping bag, plastic wrap

Appliances

Oven, Refrigerator, Freezer, Food processor, Blender, Mixer

Type

Type

Type Of Dish

Occasions

Celebration, Dinner party, Holiday, Afternoon tea

Origin

Source

Platform

instagram

Original Creator

@cakeofgina_

Origin

Geographic

Italy, Europe

Various

Aspect

Texture

Crisp, Creamy, Silky, Crunchy, Soft

Flavors

Chocolatey, Nutty, Sweet, Tart, Fruity, Caramelized

Other

Price

Medium

Recommended Preservation

fridge

Preservation Infos

room temperature : 30 min (Serve briefly at room temperature only.,Keep away from sunlight and heat.), fridge : 3 days (Store covered in an airtight cake container.,Keep at or below 4°C.), freezer : 30 days (Freeze undecorated portions in an airtight container.,Add fresh pomegranate arils and raspberries after thawing.)