Dessert
DARK CHOCOLATE TART
Ingredients
Salted Pecan Crust
- 3/4 cup pecans
- 3 tbsp superfine sugar
- 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp Windsor® Fine Himalayan Pink Salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, chilled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes (1 stick)
- 1 egg
Custard Filling
- 5 oz bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 4 oz semi-sweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 1 1/4 cups heavy cream
- 2/3 cup whole milk
- 1/4 cup superfine sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 eggs
Garnish
- Seasonal nuts and fruits
- 1 pinch Windsor® Coarse Himalayan Pink Salt
Salted Pecan Crust
- 3/4 cup pecans
- 3 tbsp superfine sugar
- 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp Windsor® Fine Himalayan Pink Salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, chilled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes (1 stick)
- 1 egg
Custard Filling
- 5 oz bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 4 oz semi-sweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 1 1/4 cups heavy cream
- 2/3 cup whole milk
- 1/4 cup superfine sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 eggs
Garnish
- Seasonal nuts and fruits
- 1 pinch Windsor® Coarse Himalayan Pink Salt
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Recipe Preparation
For the Tart
- Put pecans and sugar in a food processor, and pulse until ground. Remove 1/3 cup of mixture and set aside. Pulse in flour and Windsor® Fine Himalayan Pink Salt. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Add egg through food processor while pulsing in a slow stream. Add reserved 1/3 cup of nut mixture and pulse. Form dough into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Place chilled dough on floured surface and roll out in a circle approximately 11 inches in diameter. Press dough into tart pan. Prick middle of tart shell with fork and set pan in freezer until firm, approximately 20 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).
- Bake tart for 20-25 minutes or until crust feels dry. Let cool completely. Reduce oven temperature to 275°F (135°C).
- Finely chop chocolate in food processor. Transfer to a large mixing bowl. In a saucepan, bring cream, milk, sugar and cinnamon stick to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Discard cinnamon stick. Pour about one-third of hot cream mixture over the chocolate and mix together until chocolate is completely melted. Add remaining cream mixture and gently stir to combine.
- Whisk eggs in a bowl and pour about one-third of chocolate mixture over the eggs, gently stirring to combine. Transfer egg mixture to bowl with remaining chocolate mixture, stirring gently until smooth.
- Fill the cooled crust with chocolate custard. Carefully transfer tart to oven and bake for about 30 minutes. Transfer tart to a wire rack and cool completely, at least 3 hours.
- Garnish tart with fruit and nuts, and pinch of Windsor® Coarse Himalayan Pink Salt.