Challenge: Baked Goods - Chocolate Truffle Tart
Level: Medium
Food Photography: Difficult due to the dark glossy appearance causing reflections
Result: 10/10 Delicious - could be worth all the effort!
This is probably one of the most difficult cooking challenges to date. I faced all sorts of obstacles due to not having the correct kitchen utensils and what-not.
After this challenge was completed, I went straight out to buy myself a little electric mixer or risk the development of huge arms from all the manual labour!
Crust: Crush Oreo cookies using food processor
Novice cooking tip # 1: Crush using a drinking glass inside a bowl - Do you have any idea how hard Oreo cookies are??
45 minutes later (?!?) and my crushed Oreos resembled wet sand:
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| Wet Sand / Oreos |
Novice cooking tip # 2: Woolies don't sell chopped dark chocolate and you don't own a sharp kitchen knife - nuke in microwave - softened? Good enough!
Pour the filling into crust shell through a sieve. - this step is required, because after leaving the chocolate to melt in the heated cream, a skin begins to develop on top and if not poured through the sieve is just yucky for the person getting a small piece of "plastic"
Novice cooking tip # 3: Don't own a sieve? Use your coffee plunger! Does the same thing and you can even
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| Chocolatey Yumminess |
This tart challenged me and I almost gave up. But... when it was done.... WOW (look how fancy!)
Handy Tip: Serve with a nice red wine... the flavour pairing is incredible!
Remember to visit Simply Delicious for many more tasty recipes and to join the challenge, click the button on my homepage or visit Claudz on Purple Lips and Perfect Smiles
