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Tart with Nutella on a plate with hazelnuts and strawberries around it.

Nutella Tarts Recipe

If you love simple chocolate bakes, these Nutella Tarts might be your new favourite! These irresistible tarts are soft, sweet, and ideal for gifting or adding to any dessert spread.

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Italian
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 2 × 10 cm – 4 inch tarts
Author: Manuela Zangara

Ingredients

Dough*

  • 250 g – 2 cups flour
  • 125 g – 1 cup sugar
  • 125 g – 1.1 stick unsalted butter – softened
  • 1 egg
  • 1 pinch salt

Filling

  • 5 or 6 tbsp Nutella
  • Roasted hazelnuts – to decorate

Instructions

Dough

  1. Put the flour, sugar, butter, egg, and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Mix until the dough looks crumbly, then knead it quickly by hand until smooth.
  2. Wrap the dough in cling wrap and put it in the fridge for 30 minutes.
  3. Take it out of the fridge, place it on a sheet of baking paper, and roll it into a 1 cm – 0.4 inch thick sheet.
  4. Cut 2 circles approximately the same size as your tart tins and place the dough in the greased tins. Press it down well and make sure the sides are covered too.
  5. Prick the dough with a fork. Cover it with baking paper, then fill the tins with beans or rice so the dough does not puff up while baking.
  6. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C – 355°F for about 30 minutes, or until golden brown and cooked through.
  7. Discard the beans and let the tarts cool down completely before unmoulding and filling them.

Filling

  1. Fill the tarts with Nutella, decorate them with the toasted hazelnuts, and serve.

Recipe Notes

*You will only need about ⅓ of this dough. The remaining dough freezes well for later use.