Description
A delicious dessert combining a rich, buttery tart base with a light and fluffy chocolate mousse, perfect for special occasions.
Ingredients
Scale
- 125 g butter
- 60 g sugar
- 60 g blond sugar
- 3 yolks
- 130 g flour
- 50 g crushed nuts
- 8 g baking powder
- 30 g corn starch
- 2 g fine salt
- 100 g pecans or walnuts
- 100 g cream (for the mousse)
- 40 g yolks (2 units, for the mousse)
- 40 g sugar (for the mousse)
- 160 g semi-bitter chocolate
- 60 g butter (for the mousse)
- 300 g heavy cream
- Strawberries for decoration
- Blueberries for decoration
- 600 g chocolate (for coating)
- 200 g chopped nuts (for coating)
- 60 cc corn or sunflower oil
Instructions
- Beat the soft butter with both sugars until creamy. Add the yolks and mix well.
- Sift the flour with baking powder and salt. Stir in the crushed nuts.
- Gradually mix the dry ingredients into the butter mixture until fully combined.
- Line a 20 cm round baking pan with parchment paper. Press the dough evenly into the pan. Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Bake the Breton base for 20 to 25 minutes. Remove the center halfway and carefully take the dough out of the pan using a knife, then let it cool on a rack.
- For the chocolate mousse, whip 100 g of cream until soft peaks form. In a separate bowl, whisk together the 40 g of yolks and 40 g of sugar until light.
- Melt the semi-bitter chocolate with the 60 g of butter and mix all ingredients gently.
- Pour the mousse over the cooled Breton base to assemble.
- For the chocolate bath, melt 600 g of chocolate and mix with 200 g of chopped nuts and 60 cc of oil. Pour this mix over the mousse once it has set.
- Decorate with strawberries and blueberries before serving.
Notes
Use high-quality chocolate for the mousse to enhance the flavor, and let the tart cool completely before adding the mousse to prevent melting.
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 250mg
- Fat: 30g
- Saturated Fat: 18g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 120mg
Keywords: tart, chocolate, dessert, mousse, French pastry