this walnut & chocolate tart is like heaven for all who love a sumptuous chocolate taste. the tart is chocolate pure, walnuts pure, sugar pure, honey pure and butter pure – so nothing for a diet at all. but it is so unbelievably good!

the only thing i would change next time is baking the tart in several small cake tins instead of a large tart, because it is really, really rich. so next time it wouldn’t be my fault any more if someone had too much of it, just because the piece of tart was too big. next time i prefer that someone has too much because they had too many tiny pieces of it. self-responsible.

and … i prefer the part of the pieces that had a lot of this fantastic butter cookie: the edges. and in smaller tins there would be simply more edges …

but you will need a lot of walnuts, which means quit a bit of work if you’re cracking them by yourself. but it’s worse it!

the recipe of this fantastic tart is by nigel slater, just as good as all of his recipes, from the tender fruits book. but forget about the the creme fraiche he recommends. it is not necessary at all.

dough:

150 g butter
200 g flour
1 egg

topping:

150 g butter
180 g honey
180 g light muscovado sugar
splash of milk
1 or 2 drops vanilla aroma
140 g dark chocolate
220 g walnuts

to prepare the dough, cut the butter in pieces and combine with the flour with the help of your fingers. add the egg and combine to a firm dough. pour the dough in a tart tin or several smaller tins and allow to rest in the fridge for half an hour.

preheat the oven to 200° C. cover the tart with some baking paper and fill with baking beans. bake for 10 minutes. remove the beans and the baking paper and bake for another 5 minutes until the dough feels dry.

in the meantime you can prepare the topping. chop the walnuts and the chocolate. heat the butter in a small pan. add sugar and honey, then a splash of milk and the vanilla aroma. cook for 2 minutes. remove from heat and stir in the walnuts and chocolate.

pour the walnut and chocolate mixture into the baked tart(s). reduce the heat to 190° C and bake for another 20 minutes.

allow to cool down a bit and serve. enjoy!

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teig:

150 g butter
200 g mehl
1 ei

füllung:

150 g butter
180 g honig
180 g hellen muscovadozucker
ein schluck milch
1 bis 2 tropfen vanillearoma
140 g dunkle schokolade
220 g walnüsse

für den teig die butter in stücke schneiden und mit hilfe der finger mit dem mehl zerbröseln. das ei dazu geben und zu einem teig verkneten. den teig in eine gebutterte tartform oder kleinere formen geben und eine halbe stunde an einem kühlen oft rasten lassen.

den ofen auf 200° C vorheizen. die tart mit backpapier bedecken und mit trockenwohnen füllen. 10 minuten backen. die bohnen und das backpapier entfernen und noch mal 5 minuten backen bis sich der boden trocken anfühlt.

in der zwischenzeit die füllung zubereiten. die walnüsse und die schokolade hacken. die butter in einem kleinen topf zerlassen. zucker und honig dazu geben, dann einen schluck milch, vanillearoma und zwei minuten kochen lassen. vom herd nehmen und die schokoladen und die walnüsse unterrühren.

die schokoladen-walnuss-mischung in die tartform(en) geben. den ofen auf 190° C runterschauten und 20 minuten backen.

abkühlen lassen und servieren.

viel freude!