Chocolate and nutmeg tartlets with advocaat

Luscious tasting chocolate tartlets with nutmeg, served with an advocaat sauce.

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• makes

  8 tartlets

• prep

  40 minutes

• cook

  20 minutes

Ingredients

200g dark chocolate

100g melted butter

150g sugar

8 eggs

100g flour

Orange zest

5g nutmeg

Good quality cocoa powder, for decoration

Advocaat sauce
3 egg yolks

60g sugar

10ml Jenever (or gin)

1 vanilla pod (use the marrow)

5g cornflour

20g cream

Instructions

Mix the warm butter, chocolate and sugar with a spoon.

Add the eggs slowly. Add the flour, followed by the orange zest and nutmeg and combine well.

Fill a muffin tray or ramekins two-thirds full with the mixture. Bake at 200°C for 20 minutes.

To make the advocaat sauce, combine all the ingredients in a pan and bring slowly to the boil, stirring continuously, until the mixture thickens. Strain the mixture through a sieve.

When the tartlets are cooked, sprinkle with cocoa powder and serve with the advocaat sauce.

Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.