Chocolate Pithiviers

Name: Chocolate Pithiviers
Ingredients: 50 g/2 oz cocoa powder; 110 g/4 oz ground almonds; 110 g/4 oz plain chocolate, chopped; ½ tbsp dark rum; 1 quantity pastry as made for Anchovy and Onion Tarts; 1 quantity pastry as made for Anchovy and Onion Tarts; beaten egg, to glaze; beaten egg, to glaze; 1 vanilla pod, split lengthways; 250 ml/9 fl oz milk; 75 g/3 oz caster sugar; 3 egg yolks; 110 g/4 oz unsalted butter, softened; 25 g/1 oz plain flour; 2 small eggs (size 5–6); 110 g/4 oz caster sugar; icing sugar, to dust

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Roast Chicken & Other Stories

By Simon Hopkinson and Lindsey Bareham

Published 1994

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Ingredients

For the crème pâtissière

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Method

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