Tuesday 12 March 2013

Chocolate Ganache Tart

Who have a sweet tooth, please come and share with me!! +

Ingredients
3 tablespoon s almond meal
6 tablespoons sugar
1¼ cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons grated orange or lemon zest (optional)
¼ teaspoon salt
150g unsalted butter, cold and cut into small pieces
350g 70% dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
300ml thickened cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions
For the dough

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
2. Roughly mix the almond, sugar, flour, zest (if desired), and salt in a mixing bowl. Add butter to form coarse crumbs with no large butter lumps (dough should clump together when squeezed with fingers).
3. Immediately transfer dough to a tart pan (24cm) with a removable bottom. Using a measuring cup, evenly press dough in bottom and up sides of pan.
4. Bake in center of oven until golden brown and firm to the touch, about 20 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour.

For the chocolate ganache
1. Place chocolate in a large mixing bowl. In a small saucepan, bring cream to a boil. Pour hot cream, through a sieve, over chocolate. Stir until smooth and creamy in texture. Mix in vanilla.
2. Pour chocolate mixture into center of cooled tart shell (if chocolate is lumpy, pass through a sieve). Let stand until set, about 2 hours, or chill for 1 hour.



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