Name: Chocolate tart
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 3 h
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons caster sugar; 1-2 drops vanilla extract or essence; 250 g (8 oz) bittersweet chocolate, chopped; 4 egg yolks; 2½ tablespoons caster sugar; 200 g (6½ oz) plain flour, sifted; 200 g (6½ oz) softened unsalted butter, cut into cubes; pinch of salt; icing sugar, to dust; 2 eggs; 1 egg, beaten; 125 g (4 oz) unsalted butter, softened

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
3 hr

Appears in

Chocolate

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

With a creamy chocolate centre and pastry that melts in your mouth, this tart is delicious accompanied by a whisky-flavoured ice cream or a spoonful of vanilla-flavoured crème fraîche.

Ingredients

Pastry

125 g (4 oz) unsalted butter, softened
2½ tablespoons

Method

To make the pastry, cream the butter and sugar together with a wooden spoon. Gradually beat in the combined egg and vanilla, beating well after each addition. (The mixture may look slightly curdled.) Add the flour and salt, and mix lightly until smooth. Do not overmix. Gather the pastry together into a rough ball. Flatten with the palm of your hand to a thickness of