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Chilli chocolate tart

Ingredients

Pastry:		

  2 tsp	Cocoa powder
  7 tsp	Icing sugar
   140g	Plain flour
   75ml	Full fat milk
    50g	Unsalted butter	

Filling:

  1 tsp	Chilli flakes	
  150ml	Full fat milk
   400g	Dark chocolate	
   250g	Double cream	
  
  Cornstarch as required

Instructions

1. Rub flour and butter together.

2. Sift in cocao powder, icing sugar, and finally add the milk.

3. Roll the dough flat and gently press into the base and up the sides of the tart tin.

4. Heat oven to 190°C and blind bake for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes remove foil and baking beans, then glaze with milk. Bake again for 10 minutes (not blind).

5. Add cream, milk, chilli flakes to a medium saucepan, and bring to boil. Leave to infuse for 1 hour.

6. After 1 hour, strain the cream, and bring back to a boil.

7. Once boiled, pour cream over the chooclate to form a ganache. Once combined slowly add cornstartch to reach desired consistency.

8. Reduce oven temp to 150°C and bake for 15-20 minutes.

9. Dust with cocoa powder and/or chilli powder before serving.