Butternut & Red Pepper Chocolate Tart

MOLD

Kit Tarte Bubble Silikomart TM

TIPS & TRICKS

Do not overcook the butternut squash so that the cubes stay in shape.

INSPIRATION

Pairing of vegetables with Evocao chocolate inspired by François Chartier.

TASTE

The goal is to keep the tangy and fruity flavors of Evocao chocolate by pairing it with a sweet vegetable to avoid masking the unique flavour of this chocolate.

TEXTURE

Smooth and creamy

YIELD

3 tarts using Kit Tart Bubble from Silikomart TM

 

 

Recipe

Created by
  • Nicolas Dutertre - Head of the Chocolate Academy™ Montreal
  1. Sugar Dough
  2. Soft Almond-Caroube Biscuit
  3. Evocao Pastry Ganache
  4. Evocao™ Chocolate Mousse
  5. Butternut Confit
  6. Assembly

Sugar Dough

ingredients preparation
  • 217g
    flour
  • 22g
    potato starch
  • 54g
    almond flour
  • 3g
    fine salt
  • 136g
    Confectioners sugar
  • 136g
    butter
  • 54g
    whole eggs

Cream the butter and confectioners sugar.
Add the sifted dry ingredients.
Add the eggs and mix until homogenous.
Refrigerate.
Once cold, roll to 2 mm between 2 silicon sheets.
Line the tart shells with the dough.
Par-bake at 160°C for 11 minutes. (Tip: don't overbake.)

Soft Almond-Caroube Biscuit

ingredients preparation
  • 110g
    almond flour
  • 30g
    Caroube flour
  • 50g
    brown sugar
  • 100g
    granulated sugar
  • 16g
    Cornstarch
  • 90g
    whole eggs
  • 45g
    egg yolks
  • 120g
    cream 35% fat

Mix the dry ingredients.
Add the whole eggs and egg yolks.
Pour in the cream and mix well.
Add the butternut confit (below) into the par-baked tart shells.
Add 125 g of biscuit onto the butternut confit.
Bake at 165°C for 12 minutes.

Evocao Pastry Ganache

ingredients preparation
  • 250g
    cream 35% fat
  • 25g
    inverted sugar
  • 175g
    CWD-Q1EVOC
  • 50g
    Butter

Boil the cream and inverted sugar.
Pour onto the chocolate. 
Add the butter and mix well.
Pour on top of the soft almond-caroube biscuit.

Evocao™ Chocolate Mousse

ingredients preparation
  • 100g
    Whole milk
  • 25g
    cream
  • 12g
    inverted sugar
  • 25g
    egg yolks

Custard cream base

Boil the cream, milk, and inverted sugar.
Temper the egg yolks with the hot liquid.
Cook to 85°C.
  • 155g
    Custard cream base
  • 120g
    CWD-Q1EVOC
  • 220g
    soft whipped cream

Mousse chocolat

Pour the hot base (from above) onto the chocolate and mix well with a hand blender.
At 40°C add the soft whipped cream.
Randomly pour the chocolate mousse in the silicone bubble mold.
Freeze and unmold.

Butternut Confit

ingredients preparation
  • 350g
    butternut squash
  • 25g
    granulated sugar
  • 2g

Mix the sugar and red pepper. Add the cubed squash.
Pour into a shallow pan, cover with alumunium foil.
Steam at 190°C for 25 mn, stirring from time to time.
Reserve before using.

Assembly

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