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Satin Chocolate Tart

 

A Valentine Day Treat!

 

Chocolate Sable Crust:

3 cups flour

3/4 cup cocoa powder

Scant 1 cup sugar

11 ounces butter (22 tablespoons or almost 3 sticks)

2 yolks

1 tablespoon cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

 

Tart Filling

1 1/4 cups heavy cream

6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped

1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, chopped

1/2 cup peanut butter

Roasted peanuts

24 karat gold leaf

 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

 

In a mixer with the paddle attachment on low, mix the flour, cocoa powder,

sugar, and butter together, blending until sandy.

 

In a separate bowl, whisk together the yolks, cream, and vanilla extract. Add to

the dry ingredients and mix until dough just comes together. Make into disks,

wrap, and chill for 30 minutes.

 

Roll out in small batches, as it gets soft quickly. With a 4-inch round chilled

cutter, cut out disks. Keep dough chilled while you roll and cut the rest of the

dough. Line 2-inch tart pans or rings with the disks. Line with plastic wrap

(that's right!) and fill with rice then gather the plastic wrap up to contain

the rice or place a second tart pan on the crust and bake them upside down on a

sheet pan. Bake for 14 minutes then remove the rice packets and bake 2 more

minutes to crisp. For the upside down version, bake 14 minutes total. Let cool

slightly while you make the filling. This will make more dough than you need but

it freezes well.

 

To make the filling: In a small saucepan heat the cream until boiling. Meanwhile

place the chopped chocolates in a bowl. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate

and whisk until melted and combined.

 

Pipe a thin layer of peanut butter in the bottom of each cooled crust then pour

the ganache to fill up the tart shell completely. Roll the peanuts on the gold

leaf to gild them then place 1 peanut in the center of each tart on the surface.

Let cool until set about 2 hours, then serve the same day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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