Parisian-style chocolate custard tart


Parisian-style chocolate custard tart
You may well already have met the classic French custard tart, with its vanilla filling. Here is a delicious chocolate-flavoured version.
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Last modified on: July 13th 2022
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 20 min.
Cooking: 50 min.
All in all: 1 hour 8 min.
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Stage 1 - 10 min.
Parisian-style chocolate custard tart
Lay a sheet of cooking parchment on a baking sheet. Sit an 8-inch (20 cm) tart ring on this.

Roll out 250 g sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) and line the tart ring, leaving a little pastry overhanging around the edge.

Put to wait in the fridge.

Stage 2 - 2 min.
Parisian-style chocolate custard tart
Prepare 900 g paris flan filling in "chocolate" version.

Stage 3 - 3 min.
Parisian-style chocolate custard tart
Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Take the pastry case out of the fridge and trim off the overhanging pastry around the edge.

Stage 4 - 3 min.
Parisian-style chocolate custard tart
Pour the custard filling into the pastry case...

Stage 5 - 50 min.
Parisian-style chocolate custard tart
...and bake for about 50 minutes.

Stage 6
Parisian-style chocolate custard tart
Leave to cool before slipping off the ring. You can eat this right away, but it will be even better next day if left overnight in the fridge first.
Remarks
You can make this with milk chocolate instead of dark, if you prefer.

Fancy even more chocolate? Use chocolate sweetcrust pastry instead of the usual plain.
Keeping: 2 or 3 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe670 RDI=260 %3,170 RDI=300 %2,640 RDI=400 %17,130 RDI=860 %71,740 RDI: 860 %
Per 100 g60 RDI=20 %280 RDI=30 %230 RDI=40 %1,490 RDI=70 %6,240 RDI: 70 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, egg, Nuts
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This recipe uses (among others)
Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée)
Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée)

You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to roll out pastry for a tart, Tarte Jurassienne, Apple custard tart, How to make tart cases, Hazelnut and chocolate biscuits, ... See them all 43

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