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Chocolate Apricot Tart

A delicious and indulgent tart with a decadent chocolate crust and luxurious apricot cream cheese filling. The perfect balance of chocolate and fruit flavours will impress any dessert lover.

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Difficulty
Medium
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Time
195 min
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Author
Kenwood
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This recipe is prepared with:

Product kMix Special Edition Rose Gold KMX760AGD kMix Special Edition Rose Gold KMX760AGD

Ingredients

Servings: 12
Makes: 1
For the chocolate tart base
60 g unsalted butter, cubed, cold
90 g icing sugar
2  eggs
  salt, to taste
130 g plain flour
50 g cocoa powder
1  egg white

For the apricot filling
100 g whipping cream
12 g gelatine sheets, soaked
280 g cream cheese
200 g condensed milk
30 g lemon juice
200 g apricot jam
  pink food colouring, as needed

For the decoration
  apricots, as needed, stoned, sliced
  strawberries, as needed, hulled, sliced
  raspberries, as needed


Utensils

K-Beater, Whisk Tool

Instructions

STEP 1/4

Preheat oven to 160ºC.
Fit the K-Beater.
Add butter and icing sugar into the appliance bowl, fit the splashguard.
Mix – 3 minutes, speed 1.
Add eggs and salt.
Mix – 2 minutes, speed 2.
Add flour and cocoa powder.
Mix – 2 minutes, speed Min.
Wrap the pastry in plastic wrap.
Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes.

STEP 2/4

Place the chilled pastry on a lightly floured work surface.
Roll out until 2 mm thick.
Line a tart tin with pastry until covered and trim the edges.
Prick the pastry with a fork.
Line the pastry with parchment paper and fill with baking beans.
Bake for 15 minutes, 160°C.
Remove the tin from the oven.
Remove the baking beans and parchment paper.
Bake for 5 minutes, 160°C.
Remove from the oven and let cool completely in the tin.
Brush the pastry with egg white.
(Tip: This will prevent the tart from going too soft.)
Bake until golden for 5 minutes, 160°C.
Remove from the oven and let cool completely.

STEP 3/4

Add cream into a heatproof bowl.
Heat in a microwave until simmering hot, but not boiling.
Add gelatine to the hot cream, mix until dissolved and set aside.

STEP 4/4

Clean the appliance bowl and fit the Whisk Tool.
Add cream cheese, condensed milk, lemon juice and apricot jam into the appliance bowl, fit the splashguard.
Mix – 2 minutes, speed Max.
Add pink food colouring.
Mix – 1 minute, speed Max.
(Tip: Aim for an orange/pink colour.)
While the machine is running, slowly pour in the cream mixture.
Mix – 2 minutes, speed Max.
Transfer the mixture into the tart and spread evenly.
(Tip: Keep the tart base in the tin – this will help to keep its shape while the filling is setting.)
Chill in the fridge until set for 2 hours.
Decorate with apricots, strawberries and raspberries (optional).

 

Serve.

  1. Back to homepage
  2. Recipes
  3. Chocolate Apricot Tart

Chocolate Apricot Tart

A delicious and indulgent tart with a decadent chocolate crust and luxurious apricot cream cheese filling. The perfect balance of chocolate and fruit flavours will impress any dessert lover.

Ȑ
Difficulty
Medium
ȑ
Time
195 min
&
Author
Kenwood
lorem ipsum
Servings:12
Makes:1

Ingredients

For the chocolate tart base
60 g unsalted butter, cubed, cold
90 g icing sugar
2  eggs
  salt, to taste
130 g plain flour
50 g cocoa powder
1  egg white

For the apricot filling
100 g whipping cream
12 g gelatine sheets, soaked
280 g cream cheese
200 g condensed milk
30 g lemon juice
200 g apricot jam
  pink food colouring, as needed

For the decoration
  apricots, as needed, stoned, sliced
  strawberries, as needed, hulled, sliced
  raspberries, as needed

Utensils

K-Beater, Whisk Tool

This recipe is prepared with: lorem ipsum KMX760CH
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Instructions

STEP 1/4

Preheat oven to 160ºC.
Fit the K-Beater.
Add butter and icing sugar into the appliance bowl, fit the splashguard.
Mix – 3 minutes, speed 1.
Add eggs and salt.
Mix – 2 minutes, speed 2.
Add flour and cocoa powder.
Mix – 2 minutes, speed Min.
Wrap the pastry in plastic wrap.
Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes.

STEP 2/4

Place the chilled pastry on a lightly floured work surface.
Roll out until 2 mm thick.
Line a tart tin with pastry until covered and trim the edges.
Prick the pastry with a fork.
Line the pastry with parchment paper and fill with baking beans.
Bake for 15 minutes, 160°C.
Remove the tin from the oven.
Remove the baking beans and parchment paper.
Bake for 5 minutes, 160°C.
Remove from the oven and let cool completely in the tin.
Brush the pastry with egg white.
(Tip: This will prevent the tart from going too soft.)
Bake until golden for 5 minutes, 160°C.
Remove from the oven and let cool completely.

STEP 3/4

Add cream into a heatproof bowl.
Heat in a microwave until simmering hot, but not boiling.
Add gelatine to the hot cream, mix until dissolved and set aside.

STEP 4/4

Clean the appliance bowl and fit the Whisk Tool.
Add cream cheese, condensed milk, lemon juice and apricot jam into the appliance bowl, fit the splashguard.
Mix – 2 minutes, speed Max.
Add pink food colouring.
Mix – 1 minute, speed Max.
(Tip: Aim for an orange/pink colour.)
While the machine is running, slowly pour in the cream mixture.
Mix – 2 minutes, speed Max.
Transfer the mixture into the tart and spread evenly.
(Tip: Keep the tart base in the tin – this will help to keep its shape while the filling is setting.)
Chill in the fridge until set for 2 hours.
Decorate with apricots, strawberries and raspberries (optional).

 

Serve.

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