Double Chocolate Tart With Dulce De Leche

Serves: 6

Llewellyn Gorczany

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

49

Spice

48

Sweetness

54

Sourness

43

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1.25 cups

All-Purpose Flour

1 tsp

Baking Soda

2 large

Egg Yolk

2 cup

Heavy Cream

2 large

Egg

Directions:

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Special equipment: 9-inch fluted tart pan with removable bottom Crust: Whisk the flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda together in a medium bowl

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Put the butter, confectioners' and brown sugar in a food processor and process until smooth and creamy

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Add the dry ingredients and pulse to combine

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Add the egg yolks and continue to pulse to make a smooth dough

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Remove the blade, and turn dough out onto a large sheet of plastic wrap, form into a disk, and wrap tightly

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Refrigerate at least 1 hour or up to 2 days

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Meanwhile, make the filling: Put the chocolate in a medium bowl

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Put the cream and sweetened condensed milk in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat

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(Alternatively, heat the cream and milk in the microwave

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) Pour the cream over the chocolate and whisk until smooth and shiny

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Whisk in the eggs and vanilla until smooth

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Cover, and set aside at room temperature

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Place the dough between 2 pieces of waxed or parchment paper and roll into a circle about 1/4-inch thick

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Refrigerate for 15 minutes

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Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F

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Peel off a piece of parchment from the dough, then gently flip dough into tart pan, peeling away the rest of parchment

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Carefully press dough into the tart pan so that it sits evenly in the pan

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Trim excess dough from the edges, if needed

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Line the crust with wax paper or lightly sprayed parchment paper and fill with pie weights or baking beans (see photo)

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Place tart shell on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes

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Remove the paper and weights and continue to bake until the crust sets and looks a little dull (a sign it is cooked), about 5 minutes more

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Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F

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Remove tart pan from oven and spread the dulce de leche evenly over the warm crust

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Then top with the chocolate filling

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Bake until the filling sets around edges but is still slightly wobbly in the center, about 25 to 30 minutes

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Cool completely

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Serve

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For a final flourish, sprinkle lightly with gray salt just before serving, if desired

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- Make dough and freeze for up to a month ahead

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- Form, bake and freeze crust, tightly wrapped, for up to 1 week

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- Assemble and refrigerate up to 2 days, tightly wrapped

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