Chocolate Gear Tart

Name: Chocolate Gear Tart
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 50
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters almond flour; 198 grams bittersweet chocolate, chopped; 118 milliliters Generous butter; 473 milliliters cake flour; 28 grams cocoa powder; 158 milliliters cream; 1 large egg; 177 milliliters powdered sugar; 1 pinch Pinch salt

Chocolate Gear Tart might be just the dessert you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 1g of protein, 5g of fat, and a total of 81 calories. This recipe serves 50. Head to the store and pick up almond flour, cocoa powder, cake flour, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Special equipment: Flexible tart pan: any baking supply store

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Tart Form

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

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Oven

Place the cream in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil.

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Cream

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Sauce Pan

Pour the hot cream over the chopped chocolate and use a whisk to mix. The hot cream will melt the chocolate. Continue to whisk until the ganache is smooth. Set aside and allow them to cool.

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Chocolate

Cream

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Whisk

Place the butter, salt, sugar, egg and almond flour in a medium-size mixing bowl. The almond flour will add flavor to the dough. Use an electric mixer set on medium speed to beat the mixture just until combined.

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Almond Flour

Butter

Dough

Sugar

Salt

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Mixing Bowl

Add the cake flour and cocoa powder and mix just until the dough is smooth and holds together, about 30 seconds.

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Cocoa Powder

Cake Flour

Dough

Remove the dough from the bowl and pat into a disk. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour before using.

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Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

When you are ready to use the dough, remove it from the refrigerator and give it 4 or 5 quick raps with a rolling pin. This softens the cold butter.

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Butter

Dough

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Rolling Pin

Roll the dough to the desired size on a lightly floured work surface.

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Dough

Roll

Use a 2-inch plain cutter to cut the tart shells from the dough. Use a 11/2-inch fluted cutter to cut the "gears" for the top of each tart.

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Tart Shells

Dough

Place each tart shell in a flexible mini-pan and use a fork to dock the dough.

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Dough

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Frying Pan

Place the gear pieces on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Bake each pan of dough for 10 minutes.

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Dough

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Oven

Frying Pan

Place the ganache in a piping bag (no tip). The ganache should be slightly softer than the consistency of toothpaste. Pipe ganache into each tart. Set a gear shaped piece on end and tarts are ready to serve.