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the menu.

2 To make the pastry, briefly
pulse together the flour and 100g
unsalted butter in a food
processor until the mixture
resembles breadcrumbs. Add
50g of the sugar, the grated
orange zest, the egg yolk
(reserving the white) and
1-2 tbsp iced water. Pulse again
until the mixture just starts
to come together. Transfer to a
clean, lightly floured surface and
gently work into a dough. Shape
into a disc, wrap well and chill
for 30 minutes (see Make Ahead).
3 Heat the oven to 220°C/200°C
fan/gas 7. For the orange syrup,
squeeze the juice from 2 oranges
into a small saucepan, add the
maple syrup or honey, then
simmer over a medium heat for
5-6 minutes or until the sauce is
syrupy. Set aside to cool.
4 Roll out the dough on a lightly
floured surface to a rough
30cm circle, then transfer it
• 100g unsalted butter, diced to the prepared baking sheet.
• 100g caster sugar 5 Put the ground hazelnuts, 50g
• 1 medium free-range egg, softened unsalted butter and the
separated remaining 50g sugar in a mixing
• 1-2 tbsp iced water bowl. Using an electric mixer,
• 50g ground hazelnuts whisk until pale and fluffy – about
• 50g unsalted butter, softened 6 minutes. Spread the mixture
over the pastry base, leaving
FOR THE BLOOD ORANGE SYRUP a 4cm border all around.
• 2 blood oranges 6 Arrange the sliced oranges,
• 2 tbsp maple syrup or honey slightly overlapping, over the
hazelnut mixture. Fold in the

A TRIUMPHANT PUD FOR THE CARDAMOM CREAM edges of the pastry to form
• 200ml double cream a crust. Whisk the egg white until
• 1-2 cardamom pods, seeds just frothy, then brush it over
Blood orange tart with removed and ground to a the pastry rim to glaze. Transfer
cardamom cream powder in a pestle and mortar the tart to the oven and bake for
SERVES 8. HANDS-ON TIME 30 MIN, PLUS • 1 tbsp icing sugar 25-30 minutes until the pastry
CHILLING, OVEN TIME 25-30 MIN is golden. Set aside to cool.
YOU’LL ALSO NEED... 7 Just before serving, whip the
Make the pastry up to • Large baking sheet lined with cream, ground cardamom and
MAKE
AHEAD 2 days ahead and keep compostable baking paper; icing sugar in a mixing bowl until
covered and chilled. food processor; electric mixer it reaches the soft peak stage
Use regular oranges with (the peaks fall over when you
FOOD
TEAM’S a dash of Campari if you 1 Finely grate the zest of 1 orange take out the whisk). Serve slices
TIP
NEXT can’t find blood oranges. and set aside for the pastry. Peel of tart with a dollop of cream and
MONTH 4-6 oranges (depending on their the blood orange syrup.
An Indian feast • 4 large or 6 small blood size), including the zested one, PER SERVING 509kcals, 34g fat
from chef oranges making sure you cut off and (18.7g saturated), 5.7g protein,
Vivek Singh
to celebrate the • 200g plain flour, plus extra discard all the bitter pith. Thinly 43.9g carbs (24.4g sugars),
Holi festival to dust slice all the oranges. 0.1g salt, 2.4g fibre

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