Chocolate Truffle Tart
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
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1 9inch tart
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
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Crust
- 1 3⁄4 cups flour
- 1⁄3 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 3⁄4 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into bits
- 1⁄3 - 1⁄2 cup cold strong coffee
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Filling
- 12 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
- 2⁄3 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 2 teaspoons Tia Maria
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1⁄2 cup finely chopped walnuts, toasted 8 to 10 minutes in a 350 degree oven
- confectioners' sugar
directions
- For the crust, put the flour, cocoa, salt, and sugar in to a food processor, and blend them by turning the machine on and off three or four times.
- Distribute the chilled butter pieces over the flour in the processor.
- Turn the machine on and off several times, until the mixture looks like small crumbs.
- Add the coffee, and turn the machine on briefly until the contents are well-mixed.
- Using your fingers, press the dough into the bottom and side of a 9-inch tart pan, Chill the crust for 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- To make the filling, beat the chocolate, sugar, butter, milk, and Tia Maria together with a whisk.
- Add the beaten eggs and walnuts, and stir.
- Pout the filling into the chilled tart shell, and bake the tart for 30 to 40 minutes, or until the top is dry and firm.
- To decorate the tart, place strips of waxed paper in a criss-cross pattern o the top, and sift on powdered sugar.
- Carefully remove the paper.
- Serve with ice cream, if desired.
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Reviews
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Ok, I didn't add the Tia Maria because I am not sure what it is, and anyway, I didn't have any around the house. I just replaced it with some more milk. I've made this tart twice in the last 8 days--once for a special dinner for DH and I and once for a party with many university prof types. It was raved over both times! Fabulous!!!
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.