Glazed Chocolate Caramel Tarts
A delicious duo of taste and texture Total time 50 minutes + 30 minutes setting time Makes 10 tarts
Ingredients
Soft Chocolate Caramel
- NESTLÉ Continental Bitter Kibble Dark Couverture Chocolate Grams 32
- Thickened Cream Millilitres 68
- Glucose Grams 20
- Caster Sugar Grams 100
- Unsalted butter Grams 24
- Sea Salt Grams 1
Chocolate Glaze:
- NESTLÉ Continental Bitter Kibble Dark Couverture Chocolate (finely chopped) Grams 60
- Water Millilitres 35
- Caster Sugar Grams 54
- NESTLE Sweetened Condensed Milk Grams 35
- Powdered gelatine Grams 3.5
- Cold water Millilitres 18
Chocolate Mousse
- Cold Milk Grams 215
- NESTLE Docello Chocolate Mousse Mix Grams 105
- Extra sea salt for decoration
Preparation
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1Soft Chocolate Caramel
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2Heat the cream in the microwave.
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3Dry caramelise the glucose and sugar till a nice amber colour.
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4Once colour is reached add the butter and salt.
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5Straight after, add the cream slowly as it will splatter.
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6Add the chocolate and whisk until all is homogenised.
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7Spoon hot mixture into tart shells and weigh at 20g per tart.
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8Place in refrigerator till set
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9Chocolate Glaze
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10Bloom gelatine in cold water, leave to set in fridge.
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11Heat the water, sugar and condensed milk in a saucepan.
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12Bring to a boil and turn off the heat.
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13Add the gelatine.
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14Pour hot liquid on top of chopped chocolate.
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15Using a stick blender, emulsify the mixture till smooth and bubble-less. (Use a long tall container perfect for the stick blender as it is a small mix).
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16Glaze can be used at 32˚c, or stored overnight and melted the next day.
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17Chocolate Mousse
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18Whip both ingredients together until a light velvety mousse forms.
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19Pipe mixture on top of soft chocolate caramel, slightly under the top of the shell (leave a 1mm gap for the glaze).
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20Refrigerate till set.
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21Reheat glaze if need be, pour or pipe on top of set mousse, finish with extra sea salt.