Chestnut Tart
(Adapted from a Japanese baking book)
[Recipe]
Ingredients
Tart dough
75g plain flour
25g bread flour
10g fine sugar
1/4 tsp salt
50g butter
25g milk
Crème d'amande
40g butter
1/2 egg
40g almond powder
20g icing sugar
20g chopped chestnuts
Marron cream
100g chestnuts
100g milk
30g sugar
Method:
1. Dough: mix flours, sugar & salt together in a medium bowl. Rub in butter till they resembles sand consistency. Add in milk till combine into a dough. Cling wrap & put in fridge for 1hr
2. Crème d'amande: Mix butter & sugar till combine with a spatula. Slowly add in egg mixture & mix till combined. Add in almond powder & mix till smooth. Stir in chopped chestnuts. Cling wrap & put in fridge for 1hr
3. Marron cream: Blend into a paste & chill in fridge
4. Take tart dough (1) from fridge. Roll out into a diameter about 22cm. Spread (2) on top. Fold in the dough slightly. Put in fridge for 30mins
5. Bake in a preheated oven at 180C for 30mins. Once cooled, spread (3) onto tart
