Chocolate Walnut Tart (The Complete Italian Cookbook) Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup maida (plain flour)
• 1/4 cup soft butter
• 1 tbsp powdered sugar
• a pinch of salt (namak)
• 1/4 cup condensed milk
• 1 tbsp jam
• 1 tbsp milk (whole Buffalo, 6.5% fat)
• 1 cup chocolate cake crumbs
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (akhrot)
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon (dalchini) powder

Steps

1. Melt the condensed milk, jam and milk in a non-stick pan over gentle heat.
2. Add the cake crumbs, walnuts and cinnamon powder and mix well.
3. Divide the filling into 8 equal portions and keep aside.
4. Sieve the flour and salt together.
5. Rub the butter into the flour using your fingertips till the mixture resembles bread crumbs. Add the sugar and mix well.
6. Add 1 tablespoon of water to make a dough.
7. Divide the dough into 8 equal portions and roll each portion into 50 mm. (2’) diameter circle.
8. Prick with a fork at regular intervals.
9. Press the rolled and pricked circles into the cavities of a muffin tray.
10. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 200 °c (400 °f) for 8 to 10 minutes or until crisp. Keep aside.
11. For the chocolate cake crumbs, use a day old chocolate sponge cake.
12. Spoon the filling mixture into prepared tart mould.
13. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 200°c (400°f) for 5 to 7 minutes.
14. Serve hot.