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Mother’s Day & Martha Stewart’s Chocolate Mousse Tart with Hazelnuts

May 9, 2011 by Suzie the Foodie 7 Comments

Martha Stewart's Chocolate Mousse Tart with Hazelnuts

For Mother’s Day I wanted to make the dessert you, my foodie friends, voted for: Martha Stewart’s Mousse Tart with Hazelnuts. This recipe is in her new cookbook Martha Stewart’s New Pies and Tarts published by Random House Canada and just looked so good, I could not wait to make it! In fact, I kind of started a few days early.

Martha Stewart's Chocolate Mousse Tart with Hazelnuts

On Friday I made the crust. In a food processor I combined 3 ounces of butter cookies (you are supposed to use graham crackers but I did not have any) with 1/2 cup of skinned hazelnuts (see how to skin them here), 1/4 tsp coarse salt and 2 tbsp sugar.

Martha Stewart's Chocolate Mousse Tart with Hazelnuts

Once all of those ingredients turned into crumbs I poured in 4 tbsp of melted unsalted butter.

Martha Stewart's Chocolate Mousse Tart with Hazelnuts

I had to share this trick with you since it was Martha who taught it to me. To prevent the blade from falling out when you go to pour the crust into your 9″ tart or springform pan, you can hold it into place with one of your fingers through the center of the bowl! Cool eh?

Martha Stewart's Chocolate Mousse Tart with Hazelnuts

I wish I had a tart pan so the dessert would end up looking just like Martha’s but the springform pan worked fine. Bake in a 350F oven for 12-14 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack. I got this far on Friday and then was too exhausted to finish it.

Martha Stewart's Chocolate Mousse Tart with Hazelnuts

Sunday, before we were leaving to go see Lorraine, I finally had time and energy to make the filling. Heat 3/4 cup of heavy cream to a simmer and add 5 ounces of bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped. Let sit five minutes, whisk together and then let cool to room temperature.

Martha Stewart's Chocolate Mousse Tart with Hazelnuts

Whip 1 cup of whipping cream with 2 tbsp of icing sugar until it forms soft peaks.

Martha Stewart's Chocolate Mousse Tart with Hazelnuts

Add in the chocolate mixture. I also added 1/2 tsp of Frangelico to boost the hazelnut flavour. So good! Pour into the crust and then… “refrigerate until completely set, 2 hours…” Oh crap! We had to leave ASAP!

I threw the tart into the deep freeze and took a shower. I covered it with plastic wrap and we dropped it off at Lorraine’s and put it in the fridge and took her out to lunch.

Smitty's

We wanted to take Lorraine to Cora’s like we did last year but because we were running late, it was way too busy. We had a beautiful lunch at Smitty’s instead.

Martha Stewart's Chocolate Mousse Tart with Hazelnuts

We went back to Lorraine’s, put on the kettle and had a nice big piece of the mousse tart. It was delightful! Light, airy, chocolaty with a hint of hazelnut… this was a special treat. Perfect for Mother’s Day.

Martha Stewart's Chocolate Mousse Tart with Hazelnuts

The candied hazelnuts were a stunning garnish, worth the effort. This recipe is a bit time consuming but for a special occasion like Mother’s Day, it will definitely impress. I love the combination of chocolate and hazelnuts so this was a big winner for me and a slam dunk of a dessert. I give this recipe four and a half out of five wooden spoons. 

You did such a good job voting a winner recipe for me, make sure to vote for my next treat from Martha’s cookbook via my poll:

Thin Pear Tart
Lattice-Top Blueberry Pie (sorry, no link)
Vegetable Tartlets

Hope all the moms out there had a beautiful Mother’s Day this year!

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  1. Heather N says

    May 9, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    Sounds and looks fantastic 🙂 I love Frangelico.

    In the meantime, I’ll go take a spoon of Nutella to tide me over.

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  2. Debra She Who Seeks says

    May 9, 2011 at 3:21 pm

    Mmmm, delicious! I bet the butter cookies for the crust were left over from the Royal Groom’s Cake, eh? LOL!

    Reply
  3. Suzie Ridler says

    May 9, 2011 at 3:50 pm

    Heather, you too? Frangelico is fabulous! I love it in my hot chocolate. Oh yeah, Nutella, love it too. Yum!

    Debra, that’s right and I have another package of them to go! LOL. I had no idea how many I needed when I picked them up and obviously bought way more than necessary.

    Reply
  4. Tammy says

    May 9, 2011 at 4:41 pm

    Wow! This looks just amazing. Hazelnuts are a big thing here in Oregon – a huge amount are grown near where we live. (And Mike likes them! He doesn’t like many nuts!) 🙂 I might have to give this one a try

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  5. AvaDJ says

    May 9, 2011 at 5:02 pm

    Wow this sounds delicious, a Nutella-ish tart, yum! I’ve had my eye on this recipe so I’m glad to hear it was a hit. Adding to my to-do-list.

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  6. Suzie Ridler says

    May 9, 2011 at 5:16 pm

    Same with the Vancouver area Tammy! Reg and I used to talk about having a hazelnut farm. I’m so in love with them anywhere! Wow, Mike is fussy, isn’t he? LOL. I think he would like this. It’s very light tasting though, not super dense. If you like moussy desserts, this one’s a home run.

    Ava, yes, a Nutella tart, LOL! So true. I say, go for it!

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  7. Tori says

    May 11, 2011 at 12:25 am

    Mmmm. Sounds good! I love hazelnuts and I love chocolate mousse. Definitely trying that!

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