Chocolate Cabernet Tart Food

EASY CHOCOLATE TART

Steps:

• For the crust: Add the cookies to a food processor and pulse to fine crumbs. Pour in the melted butter and pulse together. Tip into an 11-inch fluted tart pan with a removable bottom and press the mixture in with a 1/4-cup measure to form an even crust on the bottom and sides. Put it in the freezer for 15 minutes to set.
• For the ganache: Put the cream and butter in a pan and heat until the mixture starts to bubble.
• Put the dark and milk chocolate in a bowl and pour the warmed cream and butter over it. Mix everything together until melted and fully combined, then pour it into the chilled tart base. Refrigerate the tart overnight until set.
• For the chocolate curl garnish: Put the white chocolate and coconut oil in a bowl and set over a pan of simmering water until the chocolate is melted; mix together. Pour the melted mixture onto the underside of a clean baking sheet and spread it in a very thin layer with an offset spatula or knife. Put it in the freezer until set, about 2 minutes. (To check if it is set, press it with your fingertip; it should leave the slightest mark but not a depression.)
• Using a sharp-edged spatula, scrape the chocolate from the bottom of the baking sheet into curls. Remove the tart from the pan and decorate with the curls.

CHOCOLATE CABERNET SAUVIGNON TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place cookie crumbs in a bowl, pour melted butter over crumbs and mix to incorporate.
• Press cookie crumb mixture into the bottom of a springform pan.
• Bake crust for 10 min or until firm.
• Cool crust completely on wire rack.
• While crust is cooling, place bittersweet chocolate in medium bowl and set aside.
• In smallheavy saucepan, whisk together the cream, wine, sour cream and sugar.
• Cook cream mixture over medium heat, whisking constantly until sugar is dissolved and mixture begins to bubble around the edges.
• Pour hot cream over chopped chocolate and let mixture stand for 30 seconds to melt the chocolate.
• Gently whick til smooth.
• Scrape the filling into the cookie crust and spread evenly with a spatula.
• Refrigerate at least 4 hours.
• ENJOY.

BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE & CABERNET SAUVIGNON BUTTER CAKE WITH

Steps:

• Set an oven rack in the middle of the oven with plenty of room above it and preheat the oven to 325°F.
• Brush a six-cup capacity bundt pan (or two 2½- to 3-cup capacity bundt pans) with melted butter. Pour ¼ cup sugar into the pan and tip the pan in all directions to coat evenly. Turn the pan upside down to remove any excess sugar that does not cling. (If you are using two smaller bundt pans, divide the butter and sugar between them.).
• Over a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa, cinnamon, cloves, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Using a mixer fitted with the paddle, cream the butter until smooth, and then add the sugar and continue creaming until light and fluffy. Scrape the sides of the bowl a few times with a flexible spatula.
• While beating at medium speed, add the vanilla and mix to incorporate.
• Add eggs, a bit at a time, beating until the mixture is light and fluffy.
• Beating at low speed, add a third of the flour mixture and a third of the red wine. Repeat twice more with the remaining dry ingredients and wine, scraping the bowl with a flexible spatula between additions.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 30-35 minutes, until the top feels springy and a metal skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. The internal temperature of the cake at its thickest center should read 190º-195ºF. The temperature will continue to rise a few degrees after removing the cake from the oven, so don't overbake. (If using two smaller bundt pans, bake for 20-25 minutes.).
• Cool the cake on the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes or so. Turn out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
• To finish, dust with powdered sugar or continue with Glaze.
• Makes one cake; about sixteen 1/2-inch slices.
• For the Glaze:.
• Put the chopped chocolate in a 4-cup glass measuring cup and microwave for 1 minute.
• Remove from the microwave and stir with a wooden chopstick or other wooden utensil to melt the chocolate. If it won't melt completely, return it to the microwave for 10-second intervals, just until it is smooth when stirred. If you overheat the chocolate, it will seize and turn grainy. If this happens, you must begin again with a new batch of chocolate.
• When the chocolate is completely melted and smooth, add all of the room temperature butter and stir with a plastic spatula until it is completely absorbed and the glaze is smooth. If it won't blend completely, return to the microwave for a few seconds and try again. When finished, the glaze will be glossy, smooth and slightly thickened. A temperature probe will register 80º-85ºF. The glaze should be thin enough to pour over the cake in a smooth finish. (In the picture at the top of this post, you can see that the glaze was a bit too thick. I had difficulty getting an even coating. Next time, I will not let it thicken quite so much).