Chocolate Tart Pastry

Name: Chocolate Tart Pastry
Yield: Makes enough for one 9½-inch fluted tart shell or one cheesecake crust
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 ounces sweet butter; ½ cup sugar; ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract; ⅛ teaspoon salt; ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons (1½ ounces) sifted unsweetened cocoa powder; ¾ cup (3 ounces) pastry or all-purpose flour; ¾ cup (3 ounces) pastry or all-purpose flour

Preparation info

Makes enough for
one
9½ inch fluted tart shell or one cheesecake crust

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cocolat

By Alice Medrich

Published 1990

About

Ingredients

3 ounces sweet butter
½ cup sugar
¾ teaspoon

Americas
United States
Pastry
Vegetarian

Method

To Make Dough In a Food Processor: Combine butter, sugar, vanilla, and salt. Process until mixture is creamy. Add cocoa and process until mixture is a dark, smooth paste. Add flour and pulse just until incorporated but still crumbly. For cheesecake crust proceed with recipe instructions. For tart crust, pulse a few more times to form a dough and proceed with steps