Lemon Chocolate Tart

Preparation info
  • Makes

    One

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Anna and Michael Olson Cook at Home

By Anna Olson and Michael Olson

Published 2010

  • About

This recipe combines the best of two of the finest French bistro desserts: Tarte au Citron and Tarte au Chocolat. Both are slender, intensely flavored desserts, and only a small slice is meant to be served. In this recipe, we add the refreshing taste of lemon to a chocolate tart. What a great combination!

Ingredients

For Crust

½ cup |

Method

To prepare crust, cream butter and sugar together. Stir in egg yolks, adding one at a time. Sift together flour, cocoa, lemon zest and salt and add to butter mixture. Mix until dough just comes together. Shape into a disk and chill until ready to roll. If preparing ahead of time, pull dough from fridge an hour before rolling.

On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to just over ¼ i