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Creme Egg Chocolate Ganache Tart

A rich and indulgent Creme Egg dessert perfect for Easter!
Course Baking
Cuisine British
Prep Time 3 hours
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 10 minutes
Servings 10
Calories 475kcal

Ingredients

Chocolate pastry

Filling

Instructions

To make the pastry:

  • Sift the flour, cocoa powder and icing sugar into a bowl.
    215 g plain flour (all-purpose flour), 35 g cocoa powder, 2 tbsp icing sugar
  • Rub in the butter until it looks like fine breadcrumbs.
    125 g butter
  • Beat the egg yolk with the cold water then pour it into a well in the middle of the flour mixture.
    1 egg yolk, 4 tbsp cold water
  • Use a spoon to mix it together and then press together with your hands.
  • Cover with clingfilm and put it in the fridge for half an hour to chill.
  • Remove from the fridge and roll out carefully so it is larger than your tart tin. Drape over the tin and push the corners gently into place. Press the pastry round the tin so the edges become fluted.
  • Trim off the edges with a sharp knife, to the shape of the tin.
  • Place your tin on a baking sheet to make it easier to handle.
  • Then put the tin (still on the sheet) back into the fridge to chill for another half an hour. Meanwhile preheat the oven to 180℃ / 350℉.
  • Remove the pastry shell from the fridge. Prick the base with a fork to stop it rising as it bake and to allow the steam to escape.
  • Fill the pastry shell with baking beans (I use dried pasta, you can also use dried rice) on top of baking paper and bake for 10 minutes. Then remove the baking beans and baking paper and bake for a further 10 minutes for the base to become crisp.
  • Leave the case to cool.

To make the filling:

  • Bring the double cream and light brown sugar to a simmer in a small pan, then remove it from the heat.
    300 ml double cream, 50 g demerara sugar
  • Place the broken up chocolate in a large bowl, then pour the cream over the chocolate. After a few minutes stir the cream and chocolate together until it is smooth and a uniform colour.
    200 g dark chocolate
  • Pour the ganache into the pastry case and smooth the top with the back of a spoon.
  • Split one pack of the mini creme eggs in half with a sharp knife.
    2 packs mini Cadburys Creme Eggs
  • Arrange them on top of the ganache and press them in slightly.
  • Put the tart back in the fridge to set.
  • Once it has set - this should take 1-2 hours but depends on your fridge - cut three or four more of the mini creme eggs into quarters, and arrange these around the edges of the tart.
  • Cut the Galaxy Bubbles egg into small pieces and crumble it between the quartered mini creme eggs.
    1 Galaxy Bubbles egg
  • Serve for a delicious extravagant Easter dessert!

Nutrition

Calories: 475kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Cholesterol: 88mg | Sodium: 107mg | Potassium: 241mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 785IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 3.9mg