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| Chocolate Truffle Tart |
This recipe is from David Ogonowski. There's even a You Tube video of David appearing with Julia Child baking the pie. The video is helpful as it assured me that I was on the right track with the crust. Its pretty crumbly and it was good to see David's dough very dry and crumbly and how he brought it together.
The recipe calls for 6 individual tart pans. I have tart pans. I know I do. I DO NOT know where they are. After spending almost an hour looking for said pans I gave up and used my 5" x 13" tart pan. I kind of love this pan anyway and I think it makes a beautiful tart, at least it does when I can get it out of the pan and this tart came out perfectly!
A chocolate cookie like crust with a sort of chocolate chess filling and loaded with chopped milk and white chocolate and either chopped biscotti or amaretti. I used amaretti which dissolved into the chocolate filling giving it an almond flavor that was quite nice.
I thought this tart was good but my husband loved it! He said its the best chocolate thing (I believed he was referring to pasty items) he'd ever tasted. He said it was like the best brownie only better. Then he asked for another piece. Enough said.
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| February 2012 |
Be sure you visit the other blogs and see how everyone else fared. There are cooks from all over the world and all different experience levels.
Every recipe is hosted by different bakers. Spike and Steph hosted the tarts and you can find the recipe on there blogs/
I think I like this presentation better than the individual pans. I served our with fresh strawberries, too - a classic combination! Very nicely done!
ReplyDeleteAlthough you spent some time looking for the tartlet pans, I think it was a bit of serendipity that you didn't find them. I love the long tart. It looks beautiful (and delicious.)
ReplyDeleteThat pan makes a beautiful tart. It looks great sprinkled with powdered sugar.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty presentation! Love the long tart pan. I served mine with raspberries...I think ice cream would have really been great with these very rich tarts.
ReplyDeleteLove your little sweetie! He is so cute! You will be baking him treats before you know it. When my grandkids come over now, they want to help me bake...such fun! Aren't grandkids wonderful...the best thing about getting older!
I LOVE your tart pan - beautiful presentation
ReplyDeleteI love the long tart pan, so pretty! Thanks for mentioning the videos in your post. I didn't watch them before I made mine and now I think I will. I'm slightly pie/tart crust challenged.
ReplyDeleteI love your little eater...part of the reason we bake so many goodies. And I also love your long tart pan. I thought about using mine, but decided to conform today...a reason to bake this recipe again. And we also loved this one. Hubby and I each ate one before dinner, like an appetizer. Some who have said that this is too rich and they've only been able to eat a bite or two just don't understand my chocoholic world...dark, rich chocolate every day, even if just a bite. And these tarts slid right down, we were ready for more. Yours looks terrific.
ReplyDeleteNope - I think the single tart pan was the way to go. It made for a delightful presentation.
ReplyDeleteAnd you mini-eater is a sweetie! you know how we love those baby pictures :-)
Oh! I'm going to have to find a tart pan like yours - it's fabulous!
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking that your rectangular tart pan is really wonderful. I love it when the tart beautifully slides out of my round pans, but somehow the rectangular tart looks more elegant! This was fun to bake this week!
ReplyDeleteThat's okay that you used one tart pan. I love the look of those rectangular pans!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful presentation!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful with the strawberries and powdered sugar. This was like a brownie in a cookie shell, very delicious.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tart. It has been great to see individual variations from creative cooks.
ReplyDeleteLove the shape of that pan - beautiful results!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link to the YouTube video. I wish I had seen it before I baked the tart. Beautiful tart, and an adorable baby!
ReplyDeleteI watched the video- think I will try that dough by hand next time. Awesome pan- something I do not have; but seeing how all my circles end up with corners?
ReplyDeletePrecious little guy ready for a treat!
Beautiful presentation. I love the idea of sprinkling the tart with powdered sugar - much more elegant than my melted chocolate smush! I also really like the long tart pan. Clearly, I need more pans! BTW, if my dog was in the kitchen with your adorable baby - I know right where she'd be - on clean up detail (in other words, under the highchair with her mouth open!).
ReplyDeleteI really like the long tart - it looks simply amazing on the rustic table runner! Did I hear somebody say 'more pans'?
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