Chocolate Salted Tart With Mandarin

Sweet and tangy this tart will go great with any meal and is sure to be one to remember

If you enjoy Jaffa’s this recipe is for you!

Ingredients

Base

• 310g Oreos
• 50g Dark chocolate at least 70% cocoa
• 50g Butter
• 1/2 Tsp sea salt flakes

Filling

• 100g Dark chocolate at least 70% cocoa
• 25g Cornflour
• 4 Tbsp milk
• 500ml Dollop cream
• 50g Cocoa powder
• 75g Caster sugar
• 1 small mandarin extra finely grated and juiced
• 2 Tbsp orange flavour liquore
• 2 Tsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 3/4 Tsp sea salt flakes

Instructions

Base

1. Add Oreos and chocolate to a food processor and blitz until the mixture becomes crumbly. Then add in the butter and salt and blitz again until the mixture becomes a little clumpy.
2. In a tart pan begin to press the mixture down on the base and the edges until it becomes an even layer. Then refrigerate for two hours.

Filling

1. Finley grate the chocolate and then in a seperate bowl whisk the cornflour and milk together until smooth.
2. In a large saucepan over a low heat add in the cream, grated chocolate, sieve in the cocoa powder, caster sugar, grated and juiced mandarin, orange flavour liqueur, extra-virgin olive oil and sea salt flakes. Gently whisk everything together until it all melts and combines.
3. Remove from the heat and gently whisk in the cornflour mixture, then place back on the stove over a low heat. Switch to a wooden spoon and continue storing until the mixture begins to thicken. Make sure your mixture does no come to a boil.
4. When the mixture is thick enough that it sticks to the wooden spoon. Remove from the heat and allow the mixture to sit until it becomes slightly warm.
5. Pour the mix into the pastry base and refrigerate overnight.
6. Remove from the fridge and take out of the tin. Wait 10 minutes then slice and serve.
7. Enjoy!