Sweet Dough

Ingredients Metric/g
Plugra Butter 82% Fat 240
The Spice House Fleur de Sel, finely ground 2
Nielsen Massey Bourbon Vanilla Bean Pulp .5
Powdered sugar 160
American Almond Almond Powder 60
Fresh whole eggs 90
King Arthur sifted Cake Flour 450
Total 1002.5

 

Method

Cream the butter with the salt and the vanilla. Add the powdered sugar, almond powder, eggs, and 25% of the sifted flour. Add the remaining flour without overworking. Wrap the dough and refrigerate overnight. Roll the dough out to the right size for the tart mold and line the tart mold with the dough. Put the dough lined tart mold in the cooler and let the dough rest for 30 minutes before baking. Bake in a convection oven at 160ºC/325ºF, vent open. Cool on a wire rack.

 

Chocolate Custard Mix

Ingredients Metric/g
Fresh whole eggs 100
Fresh whole milk  160
Fresh heavy cream 35% 380
Cacao Barry Dark Chocolate 64% 400
Total 1,040 g

 

Method

Mix the eggs with the milk and cream. Bring to 70ºC/158ºF and strain over the melted chocolate. Pour custard mix into the pre-baked sweet dough tart shell and bake in a convection oven at 160ºC/325ºF, vent open, until custard like.

 

Sesame Seed Nougatine

Ingredients Metric/g
Plugra Butter 82% Fat 240
The Spice House Fleur de Sel, finely ground 2
Nielsen Massey Bourbon Vanilla Bean Pulp .5
Powdered sugar 160
American Almond Almond Powder 60
Fresh whole eggs 90
King Arthur sifted Cake Flour 450
Total 1002.5

 

Method

Warm the glucose in the pan and slowly add the sucrose with the salt to make a caramel. Add the butter, warm almonds, and sesame seeds. Roll on a Silpat to the desired thickness and cut into desired shapes. Place on top of the tart.