Description
Delicious French chocolate tart with a shortcrust pastry filled with a dark chocolate ganache and served with whipped cream and chocolate shavings (for a 9-10 inches / 22-25 cm tart pan - about 10 parts)
Ingredients
Tart crust
- 250 g (2 cups) Four - All-purpose
- 90 g (3/4 cup) Powdered sugar
- 50 g (1/2 cup) Almond meal
- 1 pinch of salt
- 150 g (2/3 cup) Butter - unsalted and cold
- 1 egg
Chocolate ganache
- 200 g ( 7 oz.) Baking chocolate - semi-sweet or bittersweet
- 300 ml (1 1/4 cups) Heavy cream - full fat
- 1 pinch of sea salt
Instructions
Tart crust
- Place the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl, the flour, powdered sugar, almond meal and pinch of salt.
- Mix with a tablespoon to get a smooth mixture, then add the cold butter pieces.
- Crush the butter into the dry ingredients with your fingertips until you have a sandy mixture with no lumps.
- Then add the egg and mix gently with your hands until you succeed in gathering the dough and forming a more or less homogeneous ball.
- Cover the dough with plastic wrap and place it in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes.
- Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface or between 2 sheets of baking paper to a thickness of 3-4 mm.
- Line a 9-10 inches / 22-25 cm tart ring or tart pan previously greased with butter and cut off the edges of the dough that are falling down.
- Place the tart shell in the freezer for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 345°C/ 175°C and bake the frozen tart shell for about 25-30 minutes depending on the diameter and until the pastry is golden brown.
- Let the tart shell cool completely to room temperature.
Chocolate ganache
- Finely chop the chocolate with a large knife until you have very small pieces of chocolate.
- Place the chopped chocolate in a large bowl.
- Bring the heavy cream to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat and remove from heat when it begins to simmer.
- Pour the hot cream over the chocolate all at once and let it sit for a few moments.
- Mix the ganache with a rubber spatula until you have a smooth liquid mixture.
- Blend the ganache with a hand blender, taking care not to add any air.
- Let the ganache stand for a few minutes at room temperature.
Assembly
- Pour the liquid chocolate ganache into the cooled tart shell until completely filled.
- Place the chocolate tart in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour and until the filling is completely chilled and firm to the touch.
- Decorate the tart with whipped cream and chocolate shavings and serve with berries, such as raspberries or strawberries.
Notes
Storage: Up to 5 days in the refrigerator, covered with plastic wrap or in an airtight container, and up to 3 months in the freezer.
Using Milk Chocolate : Multiply the amount of chocolate by 0.8 to determine the correct amount of heavy cream to add.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: tart, dessert
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 513
- Sugar: 21.5 g
- Sodium: 478.1 mg
- Fat: 33.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 45.4 g
- Protein: 11.6 g
- Cholesterol: 68 mg