Chestnut and chocolate tart

To make the chestnut and chocolate tart, first prepare the pastry. We’ve decided to use a mixer, but you can also make it by hand like in the video recipe. First, pour the brown sugar 1, cold butter cut into pieces, and the salt 2 into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the flat beater attachment. Turn the mixer on briefly to combine the ingredients and then add the whole eggs 3.

Turn the mixer on again to combine everything well and then pour in the flour 4 and work the dough for around 3 minutes. Once the dough is smooth 5, transfer it to a pastry board 6.

Work it to shape it into a small mound, wrap it in plastic wrap 7, and leave in the fridge for 30 minutes to firm up. In the meantime, turn to the chestnuts: Make an incision in them with a sharp knife 8 (this will allow you to peel them more easily after cooking), place them in a pot with water on the stove 9, and cook for 20 minutes from when the water is boiling.

Once finished cooking 10, let them cool a little and peel them 11; you’ll get around 14 oz (400 g) of chestnuts. Put the peeled chestnuts in the bowl of a food processor 12,

chop them roughly 13, and set aside. Chop the dark chocolate as well, using a knife 14. Now you can start to make the cream: Pour the rice milk and sugar into a saucepan 15,

then add the chestnuts 16, stir 17, and bring to a boil. At this point, remove the pan from the heat and add the dark chocolate 18 immediately.

Stir so that it melts completely 19, then add the ricotta 20. Stir again with a whisk and then place it in the fridge for 10 minutes 21.

Go back to the pastry and divide it into two parts, one larger than the other 22: Roll out the larger part on a lightly floured pastry board, to a thickness of about ¼ inch (4-5 mm) 23. Use this disc to line a cake pan with an 8-inch (20-cm) diameter 24

and trim around the edge with a knife 25. At this point, fill the crostata with the chestnut cream 26, leveling the surface well with a spatula 27.

Now roll out the other part of the pastry, again to a thickness of around ¼ inch (4-5 mm), lay it across the top of the cake pan 28, and trim around the edge. Next, using a dough scraper, stretch the pastry across so it’s spread out well 29, and pinch it to make the two layers of dough stick together and seal it 30.

Bake on the middle rack of a conventional oven preheated to 350°F (180°C), for around 40 minutes. When it’s finished baking, take the chestnut and chocolate tart out of the oven 31, let it cool, and then dust with powdered sugar 32 and serve 33.