Author Notes
This is a tart made for chocolate lovers with a shortbread crust. I adapted this recipe from a German tart that I found in a magazine years ago. This tart can be kept for several days and improves with age.I always serve this with whipped cream and sometimes with raspberry sauce or fresh raspberries. I have made this tart in a regular tart pan and I have also made it in little individual tart pans. —Sunnycovechef
Test Kitchen Notes
This pie was easy to make and delivered the chocolate punch promised by the author. It's not the prettiest pie, especially with the meringue-type topping. However, the taste was incredibally good. The topping actually gave a nice, crunchy texture to the slice. It was a winner with my family. —FoodTherapy
Ingredients
- Tart Crust
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1 1/4 cups
unbleached all-purpose flour
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1/2 cup
sugar
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8 tablespoons
cold butter, cut into small cubes
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1
egg yolk
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Pinch of salt
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1 tablespoon
crème fraîche
- Filling and Topping
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3 1/2 ounces
bittersweet chocolate (I used Lindt)
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2
eggs, separated
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1/4 cup
plus 2 tablespoons sugar
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1 tablespoon
flour
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1 teaspoon
orange zest
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1 cup
chopped walnuts, divided
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1
egg white
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1/2 cup
powdered sugar
Directions
- Tart Crust
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Preheat oven to 375° F. Butter a 10-inch tart pan with a removable bottom.
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In a food processor, pulse flour, sugar, salt, and butter until the butter is reduced to pea-sized pieces. Add crème fraîche and egg yolk and pulse until incorporated. Put dough on a cool surface and flatten with the heel of your hand. Form into a ball. The dough will be crumbly. Wrap in plastic wrap and rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
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Roll out dough between two pieces of plastic wrap and put in buttered pan. Bake for 5 minutes.
- Filling and Topping
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For the filling, melt chocolate in double boiler, then cool a bit. Beat the 2 egg yolks with the sugar until fluffy and light. Stir into the chocolate. Add 1/2 cup walnuts and the flour. In a separate bowl, beat 2 egg whites until stiff. Gently fold the whites into the chocolate. Pour filling into the pie shell. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven. Reduce heat to 250° F.
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For the topping, beat 1 egg white until stiff, and then beat in 1/2 cup powered sugar. Fold in 1/2 cup finely-chopped walnuts and gently put on top of pie. Bake at reduced heat for 10 minutes, or more if needed. Cool and sprinkle with powered sugar.
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