Pear and Chocolate Tart

Preparation info
  • Serves

    8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Chocolate: The Food of the Gods

By Chantal Coady

Published 1993

  • About

The golden colour of the cape gooseberries make a beautiful contrast to the dark chocolate tart in this recipe.

Ingredients

For the pastry

  • heaped cups (7 oz/200 g) all-purpose (plain) flour

Method

To make the pastry, sift the flour, cocoa powder, sugar and salt into a bowl. Cut in (rub in) the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add enough of the egg to bind the dough, then gather together into a ball and wrap in plastic wrap (cling film). Chill for at least 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, preheat the oven to