Baked Chocolate Tart - Valentine’s Day
Tittle: Baked Chocolate Tart
Cook time: 1 hour
Level: Easy
Serving: 7
Ingredients:
5 oz unsalted butter
5 1/2 oz best quality cooking chocolate, (70 percent cocoa solids)
8 tbsp cocoa, powder, sifted
1 pinch salt
4 egg
7 oz caster sugar
3 tbsp golden syrup
3 tbsp sour cream or 3 tbsp creme fraiche
1 10-inch flan or tart shell, baked blind
Directions:
Place the butter, chocolate, cocoa powder and salt in a bowl over a pan of simmering water and allow to melt slowly, stirring occasionally until well mixed.
In a separate bowl beat the eggs and sugar together until light and well creamed, and then add the golden syrup and sour cream or crème fraiche.
Stir the chocolate mixture into this mixture, scraping all the chocolate out with a spatula. Once you’ve mixed it well, pour it into the pastry shell.
Place into a preheated 150C/300 degree , oven for 40 to 45 minutes.
Carefully remove the tart from the oven and allow to cool on a rack for at least 45 minutes, during which time the skin will crack and the filling will shrink slightly.
Personal Suggestion: This is a delicious desert, this tart makes a nice presentation and it tastes wonderful. “Tart” originated from the 14th century and its name basically means “pies without the top crust”. It was first introduced during the medieval era where it was common to have elaborated and decorative tarts served in all the banquets.
