Decadent Chocolate Hazelnut Tart with Sea Salt Crust

Published 2025-06-28

If you’ve ever wanted to impress guests without stress, this Chocolate Hazelnut Tart is your golden ticket. With a crisp sea salt crust and silky ganache filling, it’s elegant enough for a dinner party, yet easy enough for a Wednesday night craving.

Ingredients – Crust

  • 1¼ cups all‑purpose flour

  • ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

  • ⅓ cup powdered sugar

  • ½ tsp sea salt

  • ½ cup unsalted butter, cubed and chilled

  • 1 large egg yolk

  • 1–2 Tbsp ice water

Ingredients – Filling

  • 1 cup heavy cream

  • 200g dark chocolate (60–70%), chopped

  • ¼ cup hazelnut spread (like Nutella)

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

  • Toasted hazelnuts and sea salt flakes, for garnish

Instructions

  1. Crust: Pulse flour, cocoa, sugar, and salt in a food processor. Add butter, pulse until coarse crumbs form. Add yolk and water. Press dough into tart pan. Chill 30 min.

  2. Bake Crust: Preheat to 350°F. Bake crust with parchment and pie weights for 15 min, then remove weights and bake 10 min more. Cool.

  3. Filling: Heat cream until steaming. Pour over chocolate and hazelnut spread in a bowl. Let sit 2 min, then whisk smooth. Add vanilla.

  4. Assemble: Pour into crust, smooth top. Chill 3+ hours. Garnish with chopped hazelnuts and sea salt before serving.

Velvety, nutty, and deeply satisfying, this tart disappears in minutes at every gathering I host.


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Title: Carrot Walnut Spice Muffins with Orange Zest
Keywords: carrot walnut muffins recipe
description: Moist spiced carrot muffins with toasted walnuts and orange zest, great for breakfast or meal prep.
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When mornings call for something wholesome yet flavorful, I always turn to these Carrot Walnut Spice Muffins. Packed with texture, warmth, and subtle citrus notes, they strike a perfect balance between healthy and indulgent.

Ingredients

  • 1½ cups all‑purpose flour

  • 1 tsp baking soda

  • 1½ tsp cinnamon

  • ½ tsp ground ginger

  • ¼ tsp nutmeg

  • ½ tsp salt

  • 2 large eggs

  • ½ cup brown sugar

  • ¼ cup honey

  • ½ cup neutral oil (or melted butter)

  • 1¼ cups grated carrots

  • ½ cup chopped toasted walnuts

  • Zest of 1 orange

  • ¼ cup milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat Oven: Set to 350°F. Line a muffin pan with paper liners.

  2. Mix Dry: Whisk flour, baking soda, spices, and salt in a bowl.

  3. Mix Wet: In another bowl, beat eggs, sugar, honey, and oil until combined. Stir in carrots, walnuts, orange zest, and milk.

  4. Combine: Fold dry into wet until just mixed.

  5. Bake: Fill liners ¾ full. Bake 18–20 minutes until tops are domed and springy. Cool before serving.

These keep well in the fridge for up to 5 days and freeze like a dream. I love slathering them with cinnamon butter or a spoonful of Greek yogurt on busy mornings.