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    Chocolate tart (Tarte au Chocolat)

    Written by Kathrin (Leave a Comment)

    Heavenly chocolate tart with shortcrust pastry and dark ganache. With this easy recipe, you create the perfect tarte au chocolat!

    Chocolate Tart

    Another recipe for all chocolate lovers! Are you ready? Then continue reading and have fun with the recipe.

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    • Taste and Occasion
    • Ingredients
    • How to make the Chocolate Tart
    • Top Tip
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    • Variations
    • Nutrition

    Taste and Occasion

    This tarte au chocolat will enchant you (I speak from experience 🙂). It's the perfect combination of buttery shortcrust pastry shell and melt-in-your-mouth filling. And with my recipe, you can bake it easily.

    Tart with Chocolate and Decorations

    Ingredients

    Sure, basically, any chocolate cake is a treat. But this chocolate tart is particularly exciting because of its different consistencies: The base consists of an easy, tender dough. The filling reminds me of truffle pralines and melts in your mouth. It is a chocolate tart with a ganache, that is, in fact, chocolate cream. Which, by the way, also makes the recipe much faster than others. The cream (usually with eggs) is baked again in many chocolate tart recipes. Here, only the base needs to go into the oven. The filling is stirred and poured onto the pre-baked shortcrust pastry. The rest is done in the refrigerator. So you must be patient until you can cut the excellent chocolate tart.

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    Whether this is something like a French tarte au chocolat original recipe, I honestly don't know. Under the term chocolate tarte, you can find recipes like this one on the one hand; sometimes, it also means super moist sponge chocolate cake (without flour).

    Tarte au Chocolat

    How to make the Chocolate Tart

    Let's get started. First of all, knead all ingredients into a smooth shortcrust pastry, wrap in foil and refrigerate for about 30 minutes. Now, preheat the oven to 380°F/190°C. Grease a springform pan or tart pan (approx. 11 in / 28 cm) and dust with cocoa. Then, roll out the dough on a baking mat and carefully line the pan with it (including the rim). Prick the bottom several times with a fork.

    It's time for baking the base blind first. Cover the dough with baking paper and weigh it down with dried legumes or rice. Pre-bake for 10 minutes and then bake for another 10 minutes without legumes and paper. Let it cool.

    For the chocolate cream, coarsely chop the couverture. Heat creme fraiche and cream in a small saucepan, add butter as well as sugar, and stir until both have dissolved. After this, remove the saucepan from the heat, add the chocolate chips and allow it to melt. Stir everything together until you get a smooth, homogeneous cream.

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    Important: Allow the ganache to cool slightly and pour it onto the base. Refrigerate the tart for at least 2 hours before cutting, and place it in the freezer for a short time if it's necessary. Decorate your chocolate tarte as you like, for example, with chopped nuts, cocoa nibs, chocolate shavings, and mini chocolates. Store in the refrigerator.

    Shortcrust Pastry and Dark Chocolate Ganache

    Top Tip

    With this French chocolate tart, you will definitely float in the seventh heaven of pleasure 😉 . Especially if you decorate it deliciously. I chose a simple yet beautiful topping of chopped nuts, chocolate shavings, cocoa nibs, and mini chocolates this time. The crunchy nibs, in particular, greatly contrast the velvety ganache.

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    Recipe Card

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    Chocolate Tart

    Tempting tarte au chocolat with a shortcrust pastry base and dark ganache. If you like chocolate, you will love this recipe!
    Prep Time25 mins
    Baking Time20 mins
    Cooling Time2 hrs 30 mins
    Calories: 360kcal

    Equipment

    • 1 tart pan (approx. 11 in / 28 cm)

    Ingredients

    For the short pastry

    • 250 grams (2 cups) flour
    • 2 tablespoons baking cocoa
    • 140 grams (⅔ cup) butter, very cold in pieces
    • 70 grams (⅔ cup) powdered sugar
    • 1 pinch salt
    • 1 egg, medium

    For the filling

    • 350 grams (1 ½ cups) dark chocolate coating
    • 200 grams (1 cup) crème fraiche
    • 150 grams (⅔ cup) cream
    • 60 grams (⅓ cup) sugar
    • 80 grams (⅓ cup) butter

    Instructions

    • Knead all ingredients into a smooth shortcrust pastry. Wrap in foil and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
    • Preheat the oven to 380°F/190°C. Grease a springform pan or tart pan (approx. 11 in / 28 cm) and dust with cocoa. Roll out the dough on a baking mat. Carefully line the pan with it (including the rim). Prick the bottom several times with a fork.
    • Bake the base blind first. Cover the dough with baking paper and weigh it down with dried legumes or rice. Pre-bake for 10 minutes. Then bake for another 10 minutes without legumes and paper. Let cool.
    • For the chocolate cream, coarsely chop the couverture. Heat creme fraiche and cream in a small saucepan. Add butter and sugar and stir until both have dissolved. Remove the saucepan from the heat, add the chocolate chips and allow to melt. Stir everything together to form a smooth, homogeneous cream.
    • Allow the ganache to cool slightly and pour it onto the base. Refrigerate the tart for at least 2 hours before cutting, and place it in the freezer for a short time if necessary. Decorate as desired with chopped nuts, cocoa nibs, chocolate shavings, and mini chocolates. Store in the refrigerator.

    Ingredient substitutions

    Do you want to replace some ingredients? Here you find tips for baking ingredient substitutions!

    Variations

    By the way, since I used comparatively little additional sugar, the filling is not oversweetened. Alternatively, you can make the chocolate tart with milk chocolate. Have fun re-baking this special shortcrust pastry with chocolate filling. And be sure also to check out my lava cake recipe, the chocolate yogurt cake, and the dark chocolate spice cake.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Chocolate Tart
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 360 Calories from Fat 234
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 26g40%
    Saturated Fat 16g100%
    Trans Fat 0.5g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
    Monounsaturated Fat 7g
    Cholesterol 50mg17%
    Sodium 112mg5%
    Potassium 43mg1%
    Carbohydrates 32g11%
    Fiber 3g13%
    Sugar 16g18%
    Protein 4g8%
    Vitamin A 496IU10%
    Vitamin C 0.1mg0%
    Calcium 14mg1%
    Iron 1mg6%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
    Heavenly chocolate tart with shortcrust pastry and dark ganache. With this easy recipe, you create the perfect tarte au chocolat!Heavenly chocolate tart with shortcrust pastry and dark ganache. With this easy recipe, you create the perfect tarte au chocolat!Heavenly chocolate tart with shortcrust pastry and dark ganache. With this easy recipe, you create the perfect tarte au chocolat!

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