Double Chocolate Tart Food

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE TART WITH DULCE DE LECHE

Steps:

• Special equipment: 9-inch fluted tart pan with removable bottom
• Crust: Whisk the flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda together in a medium bowl. Put the butter, confectioners' and brown sugar in a food processor and process until smooth and creamy. Add the dry ingredients and pulse to combine. Add the egg yolks and continue to pulse to make a smooth dough. Remove the blade, and turn dough out onto a large sheet of plastic wrap, form into a disk, and wrap tightly. Refrigerate at least 1 hour or up to 2 days.
• Meanwhile, make the filling: Put the chocolate in a medium bowl. Put the cream and sweetened condensed milk in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat. (Alternatively, heat the cream and milk in the microwave.) Pour the cream over the chocolate and whisk until smooth and shiny. Whisk in the eggs and vanilla until smooth. Cover, and set aside at room temperature.
• Place the dough between 2 pieces of waxed or parchment paper and roll into a circle about 1/4-inch thick. Refrigerate for 15 minutes.
• Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F. Peel off a piece of parchment from the dough, then gently flip dough into tart pan, peeling away the rest of parchment. Carefully press dough into the tart pan so that it sits evenly in the pan. Trim excess dough from the edges, if needed. Line the crust with wax paper or lightly sprayed parchment paper and fill with pie weights or baking beans (see photo).
• Place tart shell on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Remove the paper and weights and continue to bake until the crust sets and looks a little dull (a sign it is cooked), about 5 minutes more. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F.
• Remove tart pan from oven and spread the dulce de leche evenly over the warm crust. Then top with the chocolate filling. Bake until the filling sets around edges but is still slightly wobbly in the center, about 25 to 30 minutes. Cool completely.
• Serve. For a final flourish, sprinkle lightly with gray salt just before serving, if desired.
• - Make dough and freeze for up to a month ahead.
• - Form, bake and freeze crust, tightly wrapped, for up to 1 week.
• - Assemble and refrigerate up to 2 days, tightly wrapped.
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DOUBLE CHOCOLATE MALTED TART

Steps:

• Melt 6 tablespoons of the butter. Combine cookie crumbs and butter in a small bowl and mix until thoroughly moistened.
• Transfer to an 8-inch tart pan. Using the back of a cup or measuring cup, press mixture into the pan with a removable bottom until evenly covering the bottom and sides of the pan. Set in freezer until set, at least 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl and set aside. Place cream in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat.
• Remove from heat and whisk in malted milk powder until smooth and pour over chocolate. Let sit until chocolate is starting to melt, about 1 minute. Gently stir until all chocolate is melted and smooth. Stir in remaining 2 tablespoons of butter, small piece by piece, until evenly incorporated.
• Turn mixture into the prepared tart crust and spread until even. Cover loosely and refrigerate until filling is set, at least 1 1/2 hours.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE TART

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a pie tin with butter.
• Blitz flour, cocoa powder, sugar, and salt together in a food processor. Cut butter into small pieces and add to the food processor with the flour mixture. Pulse until dough turns crumbly. Add egg yolk and 1 tablespoon ice water and mix until dough clumps up. Add remaining 1 tablespoon water if dough is too dry.
• Pour dough onto a work surface and push together to form a ball. Pat the dough into the bottom and up the sides of the prepared tart tin to create an even surface. Place crust in the freezer for 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, place white chocolate in a large microwave-safe bowl and heat in a microwave oven until melted, about 2 minutes. Stir until smooth and allow to cool to room temperature, about 15 minutes.
• Add mascarpone cheese, cream cheese, orange zest, and orange juice to the bowl with the melted and cooled white chocolate. Mix until smooth. Gradually drizzle heavy cream into the mixture until the desired thickness is reached; mixture shouldn't be too runny. Refrigerate filling until needed.
• Remove crust from freezer and bake in the preheated oven until you can smell the yummy chocolate smell, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool shell completely before filling, about 30 minutes.
• Pour filling into the cooled pie shell, smooth, and top with chopped strawberries. Refrigerate tart for 1 to 2 hours before serving.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE & PASSION FRUIT TART

Steps:

• To make the pastry, sift the flour, icing sugar and cocoa powder into a small food processor. Add the butter and blitz together until it is the texture of breadcrumbs. Add the egg yolks and mix together gently with your fingers until it forms a soft paste. You may need to add a little water, 1 tbsp at a time. Wrap in cling film and place in the fridge to rest for at least 1 hr.
• Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface to the thickness of a pound coin. Use the pastry to line a 20cm round tart tin with a slight overhang. Prick the pastry with a fork and chill in the fridge for 1 hr. Line the inside of the pastry case with baking parchment and fill with baking beans, uncooked rice or dried pulses to keep the base flat. Place the tart tin on a baking sheet and bake for 25 mins. Remove from the oven, take out the parchment and beans and return to the oven to cook for a further 10-20 mins until the pastry case is cooked through and dried out. Remove from the oven and leave to cool. Trim off the excess pastry with a serrated knife.
• To make the custard filling, pour the milk, cream and sugar into a saucepan and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and put the egg yolks in a bowl. While whisking the yolks, pour in the cream mix, until fully incorporated. Pour the custard back into the saucepan and heat to 85C (use a digital probe to check the temperature), or until it's thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Tip the white chocolate into a large bowl and pour over the hot custard, stirring to make a rich chocolate custard. Leave to cool, then ladle the custard evenly into the pastry case and chill for at least 2 hrs, or overnight if possible.
• For the passion fruit syrup, cut the fruit in half, scrape out the seeded flesh into a saucepan and add the caster sugar and orange juice. Put the pan on a medium heat, bring to the boil and simmer for 25 mins until thickened and syrupy. Remove from the heat and leave to cool. Can be made several days ahead. Pour the chilled passion fruit syrup over the chilled tart just before slicing.

GOOEY DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BROWNIE TART

Steps:

• For Dough:.
• Place flour, sugar, cocoa, and baking powder in a large bowl and beat at low speed to blend.
• Add butter and beat 1 min or until mixture resembles coarse crumbs with some pea-sized pieces.
• Add 1 egg and beat for 30 sec or until dough just begins to form.
• Form dough into a flat round; wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• On a floured surface, knead dough to soften slightly.
• Roll dough into a 12-inch round 1/8-inch thick; place in a 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom.
• Run a rolling pin over the top of the pan to trim the dough. Refrigerate for 20 minute.
• Meanwhile, heat oven to 350ºF.
• Line crust with foil and fill with pie weights or dry beans.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges begin to set.
• Remove foil and weights and cool on a wire rack while preparing the filling.
• Filling:.
• Reduce oven temperature to 325ºF.
• Sprinkle hazelnuts over the crust.
• Place caramels and 2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk in a small saucepan and heat over medium low heat until melted and smooth, stirring occasionally.
• Spoon over the nuts and crust.
• In a medium bowl, stir together remaining sweetened condensed milk, 1 egg, and melted butter.
• Add melted chocolate chips and stir to combine.
• Pour this mixture over the caramel.
• Bake for 35 minutes or until top is dry and center is set.
• Cool on a wire rack 30 minutes and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE MOUSSE TART RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Make the crust: In a medium bowl, use a fork to combine the graham cracker crumbs and the butter until they are the texture of wet sand.
• Transfer the crust to an 8-inch (20 cm) springform pan and use the bottom of a wine glass or other flat instrument to press against the bottom.
• Make the dark chocolate mousse: In a medium bowl, let the melted dark chocolate chips cool to room temperature, then use a spatula to gently fold in whipped cream.
• Pour the dark chocolate mousse over the crust and smooth out the top as much as possible, then freeze for 15 minutes.
• Make the milk chocolate mousse: In a medium bowl, let the melted milk chocolate chips cool to room temperature, then use a spatula to gently fold in whipped cream.
• Pour the milk chocolate mousse over the dark chocolate layer and smooth the top with a spatula.
• Freeze for 2 hours, or until the mousse is set.
• Take a vegetable peeler and press it down along the edge of the chocolate bar to create mini chocolate spirals. Make at least 2 tablespoons worth.
• Remove from the cake from the freezer and gently take the cake out of the springform pan.
• Sift the cocoa powder over the top of the cake, then sprinkle with the chocolate shavings.
• Pairs well with Cabernet Sauvignon.
• Enjoy!