Chocolate Meringue Tart

Name: Chocolate Meringue Tart
Yield: Makes one 25 cm tart, 8-10 servings
Ingredients: 110 g sugar; 1 7.5 cm cinnamon stick; 4 medium eggs; Pinch of salt; 170 g sugar; 240 ml single cream; 40 g cornflour; 225 g dark chocolate (65 to 70% cocoa solids), cut into 5mm pieces; 3 7.5 cm strips orange zest, removed with a vegetable peeler; 480 ml full fat milk; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 4 medium egg whites

Preparation info

Makes one 25 cm tart,
8-10
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Bake!

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2010

About

Though a chocolate cream tart is often covered with whipped cream, it’s more traditional to use a light meringue. For best results, don’t have the chocolate cream too cold or a layer of watery condensation will develop between the filling and the meringue.

Ingredients

Chocolate Cream Filling

480 ml full fat milk
110 g sugar
1

Pastry
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

For the chocolate cream, combine the milk and sugar in a medium saucepan and whisk to dissolve the sugar. Add the cinnamon stick and orange zest. Set the pan over a low heat and bring to the boil.
Meanwhile, pour the cream into a large heat-proof bowl and whisk in the cornflour. Whisk the eggs into the cream mixture, one at a time.
When the milk mixtu