Chocolate Hazelnut Tart

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Hazelnut, my favourite Gelato Flavour and most loved chocolate companion. When my mum came back from Australia, she brought back 2 bagfuls of Hazelnuts. I munched on some during the exam period, and also the holidays, but they seemed like a never ending mountain. So before I leave for Notts, I decided to back something with these. My very own Chocolate Hazelnut Tart! It's buttery, crunchy, chocolatey, and tastes like ferrero rocher with a hint of maple syrup.



Recipe adapted from: Giada De Laurentiis, FoodNetworkcom

Ingredients:

1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoon all-purpose flour
3 eggs beaten
1 1/2 cups peeled, chopped and toasted hazelnuts
8 ounces bittersweet chocolate chips (about 1 cup), i used blocked chocolate and chopped it up
1/2 cup maple syrup or corn syrup
1/4 cup nutella
2 tablespoon butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 recipe pie crust

Pie Crust Recipe
175g butter
75g sugar
215g plain flour
3/8 cup cornflour

1) In a bowl, mix together the butter, sugar, plain flour and corn flour. Mix well and press into a pan.
2) Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C)
3) In a large bowl, mix together the sugar and the flour. Add the eggs, hazelnuts, chocolate chips, maple syrup, butter, vanilla, salt and nutella. Stir well. Pour the mixture into the pie crust. Bake for 1 hour. 
4) Cool the tart for 30 mins before serving (And you can eat it with ice cream too! It's absolutely divine)






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