Chocolate Truffle Tart

Name: Chocolate Truffle Tart
Ingredients: 1 prebaked tart shell; 3 tablespoons sweet butter; ½ plus ⅓ cup heavy (whipping) cream; 3½ ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 ounces toasted, skinned, and coarsely chopped hazelnuts; ½ cup firmly packed dark brown sugar; ¼ cup sugar; ½ recipe Vanilla Pastry Cream

Preparation info

Serves
6 to 8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Stars Desserts

By Emily Luchetti

Published 1993

About

Terribly rich, like one of those perfect truffles from (the late) Mary’s in Paris, to be savored in small heavenly slices.

Ingredients

½ plus ⅓ cup heavy (whipping) cream
3½ ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped

Dessert
Pie
Pastry
Vegetarian

Method

Put the ½ cup cream in a small saucepot and bring it to a boil. Remove it from the heat and add the chopped chocolate. Let the chocolate cream stand for 5 minutes and then whisk it until smooth. Cool to lukewarm and pour it into the bottom of the tart shell. Refrigerate for 30 minutes until the chocola