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Chocolate Hazelnut Tart

Name: Chocolate Hazelnut Tart
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 1 cup, confectioners' sugar; ½ cup blanched, hazelnuts, toasted; ¼ teaspoon, kosher salt; 1 , large egg yolk; 2 teaspoons, heavy cream; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces and chilled; ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons (4 3/8 ounces; 114 grams), all-purpose flour; 2 cups plus ½ cup plus 1 tablespoon, water, divided; 4 cups, ice cubes; 5⅓ ounces (151 grams), bittersweet chocolate (70 percent cacao or higher), chopped; 3 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon, granulated sugar; ¼ teaspoon, kosher salt; 1 cup, heavy cream; ¼ teaspoon plus ¼ teaspoon, kosher salt, divided; ¼ cup blanched, hazelnuts, toasted and chopped

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Desserts or Baked Goods

For those times when a spoon and a jar of Nutella just isn’t fancy enough.

SERVES6 to 8

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

By Tim Chin
For this holiday tart we took inspiration from one of the best desserts out there: a spoonful of Nutella. This tart features a hazelnut crust, hazelnut whipped cream, and hazelnut sugar on top. But the really special layer is the...

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