Posh Chocolate Tart
photo by JustEmma
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
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For the filling
- 2 whole eggs
- 3 egg yolks
- 7 ounces dark chocolate, 70% plus
- 5 ounces butter
- 1 1⁄2 ounces caster sugar
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For the pastry
- 8 ounces flour
- 6 ounces butter
- 2 1⁄2 ounces icing sugar
- 2 egg yolks
directions
- Put the 6 ounces of butter, icing sugar and 2 egg yolks in a bowl and blend or whiz up in a food processor. Blend in the flour until you have a paste, then chill for about an hour.
- Preheat oven to 350f/180c/gas mark 4. Roll out the pastry to line a fluted 8 inch tart tin. Grease the tin, line with the pastry and blind bake for approx 20 minutes until a golden biscuit brown. Remove and allow to cool.
- Increase oven temp to 375°F/190°C/gas mark 5. Put the 7oz chocolate and 5oz butter in a bowl over a barely simmering pan of water. Allow to melt and stir until smooth and glossy then allow to cool off the pan for a few minutes.
- In a separate bowl, put the 2 whole eggs, 3 egg yolks and caster sugar. Whisk until pale and thick. Gradually add the melted chocolate, stirring all the while. Blend thoroughly.
- Pour the chocolate mixture into the pastry case and pop in the oven for 5 minutes. Remove and allow to cool.
- Decorate with a sprinkle of edible gold dusk and serve thin slices of tart with thick cream.
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I find cooking very relaxing and love to experiment. My food hero is Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall; the idea of growing your own veg and rearing your own animals in a free-range, organic way is very appealing.
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<br>When not cooking I work from home for a tech company in Finland, love animals, old cars, travel and good restaurants!
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<br>How I rate recipes:
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<br>5 * Recipe worked perfectly, no substitutes needed and family raved about it.
<br>4 * Recipe worked well, a few substitutes were made to suit taste. Family loved it.
<br>3 * Recipe worked fairly well, a few changes to technique or substitutions were needed. Family liked it.
<br>2 * Recipe didn't work particularly well. It was edible but wouldn't cook again.
<br>1* Recipe didn't work at all. It wasn't edible and we wouldn't cook again.
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