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Fig and brandy filo tart with melted mint ganache
- Prep time:
- 40 mins
- Cook time:
- 55 mins
- Serves:
- 6-8
Alan Coxon's dressy dessert combines filo, hazelnuts and figs in brandy cream batter, served with minty chocolate ganache
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Ingredients
For the tart
- 5 sheets Filo pastry, each 35x25cm
- 2 tbsp Butter, melted
- 100g roasted Hazelnuts, crushed
- 8 Figs
- 75g plain flour
- 75g caster sugar
- 4 Eggs
- 300ml whole Milk
- 100ml double cream
- 50ml Brandy
- icing sugar, for dusting
For the melted mint ganache
- 450g dark chocolate, (70% cocoa solids)
- 250ml double cream
- 4 sprigs Mint
To serve
- fromage frais, crème fraîche or vanilla ice cream
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 190C/gas 5 and lightly butter a 25cm cake tin.2. Brush a sheet of pastry with butter and line the tin.
3. Sprinkle over a fifth of the hazelnuts. Brush a second sheet of pastry with butter and lay it over the hazelnuts. Continue this process, building up the layers, until all the pastry and nuts have been used.
4. Trim the pastry with a pair of scissors, leaving a slight overhang.
5. Trim the base of the figs so they stand firm, and make 2 incisions into the top quarter of each fig to make a cross; gently push open.
6. Stand the figs upright on the base of the filo, forming an attractive circle in the tin.
7. Sift the flour into a bowl and add the caster sugar. Stir in the eggs.
8. Whisk in the milk and cream until the mixture is smooth.
9. Stir in the brandy, before pouring the batter into the pastry case. Bake for 45 - 55 minutes, until the batter is golden and set.
10. Meanwhile, place the chocolate in a clean bowl over a saucepan of hot water and heat gently until melted.
11. Pour the cream into a saucepan and add the mint; bring to a simmer.
12. Pour the hot cream through a sieve onto the melted chocolate, pushing the mint to extract the flavour. Stir the cream and chocolate together until smooth and glossy.
13. Remove the tart from the oven and cool slightly before cutting. Dust with icing sugar and serve in slices, with a dollop of ganache and a little fromage frais, crème fraiche or vanilla ice cream.
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I would recommend covering the tart with a sheet of foil after 20mins as filo crisps up quickly and would otherwise burn; this then, allows the filling/base to cook through. I scaled this down and made it in a small ovenproof frying pan which is a great option (I used the lid which functions as a mini frying pan from Nigella Lawson's flameware marmitout). The figs own juices seeped out and sat above the batter which forms a nice pinky sweet caramelization upon resting the tart. Will definitelyl make again; wonderful.