Prune, chocolate and almond tart
By: Easy cook - Lak...
Published: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 - 10:02am

Ingredients




400 g readymade short-crust pastry
300 g pitted dried prunes
30 g Demerarra sugar (2 tbs)
200 ml red wine
100 g chocolate (75% cocoa parts)
150 g butter
80 g sugar
2 eggs
150 g ground almonds
Ground cinnamon for sprinkling

Preparation

1 Line a 30 cm tart tin with pastry and prick with a fork. Bake blind in the oven at 180°C for 15 minutes or until done. 2 Meanwhile tip the prunes, Demerarra sugar and wine in a saucepan and simmer for 5 – 10 minutes or until the prunes have absorbed the wine. Set aside to cool, then stuff each prune with broken chocolate. 3 Cream the butter and sugar until pale, beat in the eggs one at a time until well incorporated. 4 Stir in the ground almonds. 5 Spoon the almond filling into the cooked shell and scatter around the prunes, pressing down lightly. Bake the tart in the oven at 180°C for 20 – 30 minutes or until coloured. 6 Cool in the tin for 10 minutes before removing the tart. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon.

About

A harmonious trinity of chocolate, prunes and almonds makes a splendid tart.