Monday, 30 August 2010

Week 34 - Chocolate & Pistachio Tart *shopping list*

This one is a kind of marmite cake - youre either going to love it or hate it!

Personally it wasnt worth all the messing around for what it was so ii wont be making it again but since its a Martha Stewart recipe i had to give it a go.....

Shopping list for week 34For the crust...

3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup unsalted pistachios, chopped
1 stick of butter (4oz)
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
For the pistachio paste...

1/4 cup unsalted pistachios
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp safflower oil (same family as sunflower)

For the filling...

5oz milk chocolate
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup whole milk
1 large egg

garnish - finely chopped pistachios.

3 comments:

smilernpb said...

Hmmm, sounds interesting. Thank goodness it's not a marmite cake - yuk! lol

smilernpb said...

Hmmm, sounds interesting. Thank goodness it's not a marmite cake - yuk! lol

Julia said...

Oooooh I think the words 'Milk Chocolate and Heavy Cream' suddenly made it sound all gorgeous and tempting...sounds like a nice recipe - did it taste good despite the faffing?

Love Julia x x x