I love love love chocolate. This chocolate tart is super easy and quick to prepare and one of my favourite things to bring to dinner parties because it’s always a winner. It’s super decadent and rich, especially with the texture that’s reminiscent of chocolate truffles.
Chocolate Tart
Super easy and decadent chocolate tart
Ingredients
- I used a 7 inch tart case
Short Crust Pastry:
- 250 g flour
- 90 g sugar
- 125 g butter cold
- 1 egg
Filling:
- 350 g chocolate
- 400 ml heavy cream
- 80 g butter
- Optional: fruits for decoration
Instructions
The short crust pastry:
- Mix the flour and sugar together
- Add in the cold butter and rub until you get a sandy texture
- Add in the egg and work the dough. Press the dough together then shape it into a ball.
- Leave the dough ball to rest for about 1 hour in the fridge before using
- Take the dough out of the fridge and roll it out into a large circle of about 3mm thickness
- Line the tart case with the dough. do not trim the sides
- Use a fort and poke some holes into the bottom of the dough.
- Cover the dough with some baking paper and weigh it down with some baking weight (I used rice)
- Leave the tart case to in the fridge for 30minutes
- Bake for 15 minutes at 180°C
- Take it out of the over and remove the weight and baking paper cover
- Put it back into the oven and bake for 10 minutes
- Remove, from the oven. leave it to rest then trim the sides so that it looks neater
For the Filling:
- In a large bowl, break the chocolate and add in the butter
- In a pan, heat up the heavy cream and bring it up to a boil
- Pour the hot cream into the bowl of chocolate and butter
- Mix until you get a thick homogenous ganache
- Pour the ganache into the tart case, give it a bit of a shake to even out the surface
- Leave the tart to rest in the fridge for about 3 hours for it to set
- Optional: decorate with some fruits!
- Enjoy
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