Chocolate Ganache Tart
Created by JostLori on November 25, 2013
- Servings: 10
- Prep Time: 25m
- Cook Time: 140m
- Recipe #11336
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons almonds, slivered (blanched)
- 6 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
- 2 teaspoons grated orange, optional (or lemon zest, optional)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons butter, unsalted (cold and cut into pieces)
- 12 ounces chocolate, bittersweet (coarsely chopped)
- 1 1/4 cups whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Make dough
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Step 2: In a food processor, pulse almonds until finely ground. Add sugar, flour, zest (if desired), and salt; pulse until combined.
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Step 3: Add butter, pulsing until coarse crumbs form with no large butter lumps (dough should clump together when squeezed with fingers).
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Step 4: Immediately transfer dough to a 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom. Using a measuring cup, evenly press dough in bottom and up sides of pan.
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Step 5: 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.
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Make ganache
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Step 6: 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.
How to Make
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Step 7: 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.