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After Dinner Delight

Ingredients

Base

  • 1 1/2 Cups Roasted hazelnuts
  • 3 Cups Sifted flour
  • 2 tbsp Cocoa
  • 1 Cup Mainland Butter melted
  • 2 tbsp. Brown Sugar
  • 1 Cups Icing sugar
  • 8 Egg Yolks

Peppermint White chocolate ganache

  • 1 cup Cream
  • 440 g White Chocolate chopped finely
  • 1 tbsp. Peppermint Essence
  • Green food colouring
  • 1 Tbsp. Mainland Butter

Ganache

  • 1 Cup Cream
  • 220 g Dark Chocolate chopped finely
  • 3 Tbsp. Mainland Butter

Instructions

Base

  • Put the roasted hazelnuts in a food processor and blitz until fine crumbs
  • sift in the flour and cocoa.
  • In a separate bowl, mix the egg yolks and sugars.
  • Slowly fold into the dry mix in.
  • Add the melted butter
  • press into a tart tin with a removable base.
  • Fan-bake at 200C for 20minutes.
  • Base should be soft but cooked.

Mint Ganache

  • ! bring 1 cup of cream to the boil then pour over the white chocolate in a bowl. Slowly stir until chocolate is melted, add 1 tbsp. of butter and the mint essence, add a few drops of food colouring to desired green colour pour into the cooled tart base, refrigerate for an hour. !Ganache Bring the last cup of cream to the boil, pour over the dark chocolate stirring until melted. Add 3 tbsp. of butter and melt together. Pour over top of the set white choc ganache, chill for another hour or until set. Slice just before serving.