VegFrance
Chocolate tart
A crisp cocoa crust and a silky ganache filling. Elegant, rich, embarrassingly easy.
60 minTime
4 gProtein each
mildSpice
Ganache in a shellMake it your way
Grandma's wayPâte sucrée and ganache, the French bistro dessert.
The original397kcalsame
4 gproteinsame
3 gfibresame
60minutessame
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1¼ cups
Cocoa powder (unsweetened cocoa powder)3 tbsp
Sugar¼ cup, powdered
Butter½ cup plus 1 tbsp, cold, divided
Water2 tbsp, cold
Dark chocolate (bittersweet chocolate)250 g, chopped
Fresh cream (thickened cream, heavy cream)1 cup
Salta pinch
Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)½ tspMethod
- 1Rub 115 g cold butter into the maida, cocoa, sugar and salt. Add cold water to make a dough and chill 30 minutes.
- 2Roll, line a 9 inch tart tin, prick and blind bake at 180 C for 20 minutes, then 5 minutes without beans. Cool.
- 3Heat the cream until steaming, pour over the chocolate, wait 2 minutes and stir from the centre. Stir in the remaining butter and vanilla.
- 4Pour into the shell and tap to remove bubbles.
- 5Chill 2 to 3 hours until set. Rest 15 minutes at room temperature before slicing.
Serve it like thisServe thin slices at cool room temperature with a dusting of cocoa, a few berries and a spoon of whipped cream.