Chocolate Tart with Honey Apricots and Lavender

Ingredients

Mixture:	Apricots:	Topping:
160g Dark Chocolate, 70% Cocoa	200g Fresh Apricots	1 Tablespoon Lavender
125g Butter	20g Blossom Honey
140g Sugar	75ml Apricot Juice
3 Eggs	1 Teaspoon Lemon Juice
50g Flour
70g Ground Pine Nuts
1 Level Teaspoon Ground AllSpice

Methods

1. Break the chocolate into small pieces and place them in a bowl with butter. Next, melt the butter and chocolate over a water bath.

2. Line the base of a 24cm diameter springform cake tin with greaseproof paper.

3. Stir the eggs and sugar together till the mixture turns light and fluffy. Slowly add the cooled chocolate mixture and stir in.

4. Preheat the oven to 250⁰C.

5. Sieve the flour together with ground pine nuts and allspice. Next, fold them into the frothy mixture using a whisk. Pour the mixture into the springform cake tin, place it on the level 2 wire rack and bake for 10 minutes (Option after preheating: Select 'Added Steam, Setting 01').

6. Wash and halve the apricots, then cut them into wedges approximately 1 cm wide. Heat up the honey in a frying pan. Add the apricot wedges, and the apricot and lemon juice, then leave them to infuse for approximately 5 minutes.

7. To serve, cut the chocolate tart into slices, then garnish with apricot wedges and lavender.