Chocolate & Orange Tart

Ingredients:

For the pastry

• 6oz plain flour
• 1oz cocoa
• 1oz icing sugar
• 4.5oz butter

For the filling

• The grated rind and juice of 2 oranges
• 5.5oz caster sugar
• 5 eggs
• 200ml double cream

Method

Mix together the pastry ingredients to form a crumbly mixture, stir in 1 egg yolk and 2-3 tbsp of water to form the pastry. Wrap in cling film and chill for 30 minutes.

Roll out the pastry and line a 23cm flan dish. Chill until ready for the filling.

In a bowl whisk together the ingredients for the filling and pour into the prepared pastry case.

2, 3, and 4 Oven AGA: Bake on the floor of the roasting oven for approximately 30 minutes, adding the cold plain shelf on the 3^rd set of runners or onto the floor of the baking oven after 15 minutes.

Decorate with melted chocolate and orange rind.

By David Pengelly