Before I went to work at Payard Patisserie, I went to New York to meet François Payard and to take his two-day in-depth pastry seminar. The weekend was a great success: Not only did I get to learn from a third-generation French pastry chef who is one of the best pastry chefs in the United States, but I also landed a job at the patisserie he was about to open. This simple chocolate truffle tart was by far my favorite of the desserts I learned that weekend. I’ve added a touch more chocolate t