Crostata al Quadrato by @cakeofgina_
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
Line
black shortcrust pastry
Line the 20 cm square perforated tart ring with black shortcrust pastry, reserving some pastry for the decorative insert.
Freeze
black shortcrust pastry
Freeze the lined tart shell for at least 30 minutes.
Bake
black shortcrust pastry
Bake the frozen tart shell at 160°C for 25 minutes until crisp.
Add
granulated sugar
Add the 70 g granulated sugar to a heavy-bottomed saucepan in small additions, allowing each addition to melt.
Stir
roasted hazelnuts
Stir the 100 g roasted hazelnuts into the dry caramel until evenly coated.
Pour
roasted hazelnuts
granulated sugar
Pour the hazelnut caramel onto baking paper and let it cool completely.
Blend
roasted hazelnuts
granulated sugar
Break the cooled hazelnut caramel into small pieces and blend until it becomes a smooth praline paste.
Spread
black shortcrust pastry
roasted hazelnuts
granulated sugar
Spread a layer of hazelnut praline paste over the base of the cooled tart shell.
Chop
dark chocolate
Finely chop the 100 g dark chocolate and place it in a mixing bowl.
Pour
heavy cream
dark chocolate
Bring 100 ml of the heavy cream to a boil and pour it over the dark chocolate.
Stir
dark chocolate
heavy cream
roasted hazelnuts
Stir the ganache until smooth and pour it over the chilled praline layer.
Refrigerate
dark chocolate
heavy cream
Refrigerate the tart until the dark chocolate ganache is firm.
Soak
gelatin sheets
Soak the 6 g gelatin sheets in cold water until soft.
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.
Squeeze
gelatin sheets
whole milk
heavy cream
Squeeze the softened gelatin sheets and stir them into the hot milk mixture until dissolved.
Melt
white chocolate
whole milk
heavy cream
Melt the 210 g white chocolate and pour in the hot milk mixture in three additions.
Blend
white chocolate
whole milk
heavy cream
Blend the white chocolate mixture briefly with an immersion blender until smooth.
Add
mascarpone
white chocolate
Fresh cream
Add the 250 g room-temperature mascarpone and blend briefly until the cream is homogeneous.
Pour
mascarpone
white chocolate
Fresh cream
Pour about half of the mascarpone cream over the firm ganache and refrigerate for 4 hours.
Wrap
mascarpone
white chocolate
Fresh cream
Cover the remaining mascarpone cream directly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4 to 5 hours or overnight.
Whip
mascarpone
white chocolate
Fresh cream
Whip the chilled remaining mascarpone cream for 3 minutes until soft and stable.
Transfer
mascarpone
white chocolate
Fresh cream
Transfer the whipped mascarpone cream to a piping bag and pipe it onto the chilled tart.
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.
- Step
pomegranate arils
raspberries
Finish the center of the tart with pomegranate arils and raspberries.
Crostata al Quadrato by @cakeofgina_
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
Step 1/24
Line the 20 cm square perforated tart ring with black shortcrust pastry, reserving some pastry for the decorative insert.
Step 2/24
Freeze the lined tart shell for at least 30 minutes.
Step 3/24
Bake the frozen tart shell at 160°C for 25 minutes until crisp.
Step 4/24
Add the 70 g granulated sugar to a heavy-bottomed saucepan in small additions, allowing each addition to melt.
Step 5/24
Stir the 100 g roasted hazelnuts into the dry caramel until evenly coated.
Step 6/24
Pour the hazelnut caramel onto baking paper and let it cool completely.
Step 7/24
Break the cooled hazelnut caramel into small pieces and blend until it becomes a smooth praline paste.
Step 8/24
Spread a layer of hazelnut praline paste over the base of the cooled tart shell.
Step 9/24
Finely chop the 100 g dark chocolate and place it in a mixing bowl.
Step 10/24
Bring 100 ml of the heavy cream to a boil and pour it over the dark chocolate.
Step 11/24
Stir the ganache until smooth and pour it over the chilled praline layer.
Step 12/24
Refrigerate the tart until the dark chocolate ganache is firm.
Step 13/24
Soak the 6 g gelatin sheets in cold water until soft.
Step 14/24
Heat the 100 ml whole milk, 90 ml heavy cream, and 10 g honey until hot but not boiling.
Step 15/24
Squeeze the softened gelatin sheets and stir them into the hot milk mixture until dissolved.
Step 16/24
Melt the 210 g white chocolate and pour in the hot milk mixture in three additions.
Step 17/24
Blend the white chocolate mixture briefly with an immersion blender until smooth.
Step 18/24
Add the 250 g room-temperature mascarpone and blend briefly until the cream is homogeneous.
Step 19/24
Pour about half of the mascarpone cream over the firm ganache and refrigerate for 4 hours.
Step 20/24
Cover the remaining mascarpone cream directly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4 to 5 hours or overnight.
Step 21/24
Whip the chilled remaining mascarpone cream for 3 minutes until soft and stable.
Step 22/24
Transfer the whipped mascarpone cream to a piping bag and pipe it onto the chilled tart.
Step 23/24
Bake or shape the reserved black shortcrust pastry into a decorative insert and place it over the mascarpone cream.
Step 24/24
Finish the center of the tart with pomegranate arils and raspberries.
Composition
Ingredients
Types
Ingredients
Notes
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to inform
Calories
490 kcal
Macro nutrients
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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
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Type
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Origin
Various
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Other
Price
Medium
Recommended Preservation
fridge
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