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Chocolate Tart:

Ingredients:

• 200 g packet of Baker’s Nutti Crust cookies (caramel oats biscuits)
• 60 g butter, melted
• 225 g dark chocolate (use the best quality you can afford)
• 250 ml (1 cup) cream
• zest of half an orange, peeled into strips (not grated)
• about 250-500 g berries of your choice (eg. raspberries, blackberries)

Method:

1. Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
2. In a food processor, process the cookies to fine crumbs. Add the butter and process untill mixed.
3. Transfer crumbs to a fluted tart tin with removable base. Using a cup with a flat bottom (I use a measuring cup), flatten the crumbs on the bottom and onto the sides. Bake for 10-15 minutes untill just slightly darker in colour. Set aside to cool.
4. Break the chocolate into blocks in a medium size glass bowl.
5. In a small saucepan, add the cream and orange rind. Heat untill boiling point, remove from heat at once, quickly remove orange rind with a slotted spoon, then pour immediately over the chocolate. Stir with a spatula untill fully melted, smooth and glossy.
6. Pour warm chocolate mixture into baked base, then chill in the fridge for 3 hours or overnight.
7. Remove from fridge, carefully remove the fluted side of the tin, top with berries, and sprinkle with a little sifted icing sugar if necessary. Serve cold.