Mont Blanc Dessert - Chestnut Cake
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Servings
4
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
10 minutes
Mont Blanc dessert is a traditional chestnut cake recipe. The classic French pastry tarts are filled with chestnut purée and topped with whipped cream. This is a truly showstopping treat, reminiscent of the snow-covered mountain summit.
Recipe and image courtesy of Foodaciously.
Ingredients
-
200g chestnut purée
- 100g butter
- whipped double cream
- 2 tbsp rum
- 200g plain flour
- 100g butter
- 50g sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- salt
For the filling:
For the pastry:
Directions
To create the pastry, combine the flour with the cubed, cold butter in a bowl. Mix with your hands, and when crumbly, add the egg yolk, sugar, a pinch of salt and three tablespoons of cold water.
Once the ingredients have been well combined, cover with foil and refrigerate the bowl for at least an hour.
Remove the pastry from the fridge, place it on a floured board, and roll it out until it is about 3-4mm thick.
Cut around ten equal round pieces and arrange these in small tartlet moulds, then place in the oven, preheated to 180 C°, for about 8-10 minutes, or until they start to brown.
For the filling, combine the chestnut purée with soft butter and rum using a hand mixer. Spoon some whipped double cream on top of each pastry piece. Then, put the chestnut filling mixture into a piping bag fitted with a small nozzle (3 to 4 mm). Finally, coat the whipped cream with vermicelli of chestnut purée. Sprinkle with icing sugar for the 'snowy' visuals.
