Golden Cellar Tart
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TypeDessert
Serves4 people
DateAugust 17, 2026
A festive tart with hidden treat compartments, nodding to the Belgian gold find.
A festive round tart with a thick, golden-yellow custard layer, dusted with edible gold. Four hidden compartments each hold a different treat, referencing the hidden treasure. Served on a square platter to evoke the cellar wall.
Ingredients
- 1 roll ready-made pie dough
- 500 ml whole milk
- 1 vanilla pod
- 100 g sugar
- 4 egg yolks
- 40 g cornstarch
- 50 g butter
- Edible gold dust (baking shop)
- 4 tbsp lemon curd
- 4 tbsp dark chocolate ganache
- 4 tbsp raspberry jam
- 4 tbsp chopped pistachios
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Line a 24 cm round tart tin with the dough, prick the base.
- Blind bake for 20 minutes until golden. Let cool.
- Heat milk with vanilla pod to boiling. Meanwhile, whisk yolks with sugar and cornstarch.
- Pour some hot milk into the egg mix, whisk, then return to pan. Cook, stirring, until thick.
- Remove from heat, discard vanilla pod, stir in butter. Cool with cling film on top.
- Carefully cut four small square compartments in the cooled tart base, spaced evenly.
- Fill each compartment with a different filling: lemon curd, chocolate ganache, raspberry jam, pistachios.
- Fill the rest of the tart with custard, smooth the top.
- Generously dust with edible gold.
- Serve on a square platter so the compartments resemble a cellar wall.
Serving notes
- Cut the tart so each slice contains a 'treasure compartment'.
- Serve on a square platter for the cellar wall effect.
- Optionally garnish with extra gold dust for festivity.