Chocolate tart

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

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

Pastry
Pie
Chocolate
Vegetarian

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