Chocolate Banana Tart (with Nutella)

📝 Ingredients

• 200 g (2 cups) finely ground digestive biscuits, vanilla wafers or graham crackers
• 7 tablespoons (100g) unsalted butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons (13g) cocoa powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 3-4 ripe (but not black) bananas
• 300 g (10.5 oz.) milk chocolate, chopped
• 3/4 cup (240g) Nutella
• 1 cup (240 ml) heavy cream
• Chopped hazelnuts, for garnish, optional

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1To make the crust: Place butter, cocoa powder, and salt in a medium bowl and melt in the microwave. Mix well. Add crumbs, and mix until combined and moistened. Using your fingers, press the mixture into the bottom of a 9-inch tart pan (I use a pan with removable bottom) and up the sides to form an even layer. For a crispy crust, bake the crust at 350ºF/180ºC for 8 minutes. Allow to cool before adding the filling. If you don’t want to bake the crust, cover the crust with plastic wrap and place in the fridge to chill for one hour, until firm, before adding the filling.
2. 2Slice bananas and lay them over the crust (see photo above to see how it looks like).
3. 3To make the filling: In a medium heatproof bowl, place chopped milk chocolate, Nutella, and heavy cream. Microwave in 30-second intervals until melted and smooth. Pour mixture over bananas. Garnish with chopped hazelnuts, if desired. Refrigerate until set, at least 4 hours or overnight. You can make the tart a day ahead of time.
4. 4Tart will keep, covered well, for up to 5 days in the fridge.