Dark Chocolate Tart With Gingersnaps and Pecans Crust Recipe at MyDish

Dark Chocolate Tart With Gingersnaps and Pecans Crust

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Method

  • Make Crust:

  • 1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
  • 2. In a food processor grind gingersnaps, pecans, and sugar fine and add butter, blending until combined well.
  • 3. Press mixture onto bottom and up side of a 9-inch pie plate.
  • 4. Bake crust in middle of oven 15 minutes and cool on rack.

  • Make filling:

  • 5. Combine finely chocolate and heavy whipping cream in a saucepan. Whisk over low heat until chocolate is melted and smooth. Remove saucepan from heat.
  • 6. Whisk egg yolks, egg, sugar, flour, ground black pepper, salt and cinnamon in a bowl to blend. Very gradually whisk chocolate mixture into egg mixture until smooth and blended. Pour chocolate filling into crust.
  • 7. Bake chocolate tart for about 30 minutes. Transfer to rack. Cool.
  • Ingredients

    • CRUST
    •  14 gingersnaps (about 4 ounces)
    •  1 cup pecans
    •  ¼ cup granulated sugar
    •  ¼ cup unsalted butter melted
    • FILLING
    •  12 ounces bittersweet chocolate. finely chopped
    •  1 cup heavy whipping cream
    •  2 large egg yolks
    •  1 large egg
    •  ¼ cup sugar
    •  1 tbsp flour
    •  1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper
    •  Pinch of salt
    •  ¼ tsp cinnamon

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