Dark Chocolate & Pistachio Tart

Ingredients

  • Base
  • 1 cup hazelnuts
  • 1 cup ground almonds
  • 4 tbsp cacao powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2.5 tbsp maple syrup
  • 3 tbsp coconut flour
  • Pistachio Butter
  • 1 cup raw unsalted shelled pistachios (soaked in water for 6hr)
  • 2 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp matcha powder
  • 1 tbsp oat milk or plant milk of choice
  • Chocolate Filling
  • 2 cans chilled coconut milk (use only the thick part from the top of the can)
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 100g vegan dark chocolate
  • 2 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tbsp cacao powder
  • Garnish
  • Chopped unsalted pistachios

Preparation

  1. Base

  2. Add hazelnuts to food processor and blitz until they form a fine crumb consistency

  3. Add remaining base ingredients and continue to blitz for another minute until mixture begins to stick together and form a dough

  4. Press the dough mixture into the bottom of the cake tin, using a spatula to pack it down and smooth out the top

  5. Place the base in the fridge whilst you prepare the rest of the recipe

  6. Pistachio Butter

  7. To prepare the pistachios, remove as much of the skin as possible by peeling it away with your fingers. The skin should come off quite easily as a result of pre-soaking them. This step is optional if you don’t mind leaving the skins on

  8. Place all the ingredients for the pistachio cream in a high speed blender and blitz until smooth

  9. Add an even layer of the pistachio butter on top of the tart base and place the tart back in the fridge

  10. Chocolate Filling

  11. Add the coconut milk, vanilla extract, maple syrup and cacao powder to a saucepan and heat up to a simmer

  12. Remove from the heat and add in the chocolate, stirring until completely melted and incorporated into the mixture

  13. Pour the chocolate mixture into the tart base and allow to cool for 10 minutes before placing the tart back in the fridge

  14. Allow the tart to chill and set for approx 4 hours before serving

  15. Garnish

  16. Decorate top of tart with chopped pistachios remove tart from tin and serve

  17. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days or alternatively freeze it in portions and defrost before serving. Enjoy

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