Chocolate Chestnut Mousse Tart

Name: Chocolate Chestnut Mousse Tart
Yield: 8 to 10 servings
Ingredients: 2 cups heavy sweet cream; 2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin; 3 tablespoons rum; 4 egg yolks; 2 tablespoons sugar; 6 ounces cooked fresh or canned chestnuts, chopped fine (see note); 4 ounces lightly roasted hazelnuts, crushed; 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate in bar or block form, approximately Confectioners' sugar, for decoration

By Mimi Sheraton

Updated October 19, 2023

Total Time: 20 minutes
Rating: 3(10)
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Chilled dough for a 10-inch flan ring, as above, baked as described for lemon meringue tart

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Ingredients

Yield:Eight to 10 servings

THE FILLING

2 cups heavy sweet cream
2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
3 tablespoons rum
4 egg yolks
2 tablespoons sugar
6 ounces cooked fresh or canned chestnuts, chopped fine (see note)
4 ounces lightly roasted hazelnuts, crushed
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate in bar or block form, approximately Confectioners' sugar, for decoration

Ingredient Substitution Guide

Preparation

Step 1
Whip cream until stiff and set aside.
Step 2
Soften gelatin in rum, then set over warm water until liquid
Step 3
Beat egg yolks with sugar until thick and pale in color. Beat in gelatin-rum mixture.
Step 4
Fold whipped cream, chestnuts and hazelnuts into yolk mixture.
Step 5
Turn mousse into cooled pie shell, mounding it toward the center.
Step 6
Prepare chocolate curls slowly and carefully by drawing a swivel-bladed vegetable peeler across the brand flat surface of the chocolate, which should shave off in long curls. Sprinkle curls generously over top of the pie and then sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.