Decadent French Chocolate Tart
Rich dark chocolate tart on a shortbread crust, perfect French decadent dessert that can be served with berries or with a strong expresso.
Servings: 8 slices
Calories: 244kcal
Ingredients
Shortbread Crust
- 1 stick butter, soften or 125g
- 1 and ⅓ cup flour or 200g
- ½ cup sugar or 100g
- 1 egg medium size
Ganache
- 1 cup dark chocolate, packed or 200g
- 1 cup heavy cream
- A little less than ½ cup butter or 100g
The chocolate layer
- 1 tablespoon chocolate, melted
Instructions
Short pastry
- In a bowl, sift the flour, sugar and add the butter cut in cubes.
- With your hands, mix until crumbly
- Add the egg and mix the dough until it holds together
- Refrigerate for 20-30 min.
- Preheat the oven at 325C.
- Roll the dough down, not too thin and put it in a 9 inch pie mold.
- Bake the crust blind (I use some parchemin paper placed on top of the crust and some dry beans for the weigh) for 20 min or until golden.
- Once cooked, set aside.
- With the melted chocolate and a pastry brush, spread the chocolate evenly on the pie crust. Allow to dry.
Ganache
- Bring the cream to a boil.
- Add the chocolate and the butter. Stir until melted.
- Allow to cool.
- Spread the ganache on the pie crust.
- Refrigerate 4 hours before serving.
Notes
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Nutrition
Calories: 244kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 63mg | Sodium: 35mg | Potassium: 73mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 492IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 1mg