French Chocolate Tart Recipe

Here's a very easy chocolate tart recipe that kids will love eating as well as making. It is simply a tart shell that has been filled with chocolate ganache and perhaps decorated with a few candies.

Chocolate Tart

What is Ganache?

At its simplest, a ganache recipe is just a mixture of heavy cream and melted chocolate. Sometimes butter will be added and sometimes various flavors, such as:

  • lemon
  • raspberry
  • coffee
  • pistachio
  • tea
  • and even lavender!

You can also vary your ganache by making it with different types of chocolate:

  • dark chocolate
  • milk chocolate
  • white chocolate
You will find ganache used as a filling or frosting in various French cakes and pastries.


This chocolate tart recipe calls for filling a pre-baked tart shell with ganache and then decorating it with colorful hard candies. This is not a sophisticated dessert - just something simple for the kids to enjoy.


Tarte à la Ganache

Smarties

  • 1 9 inch pre-baked tart or pie shell
  • 10 ounces good quality, sweet, dark chocolate
  • 1 1/4 cups heavy cream
Break the chocolate into small pieces and place in a sturdy, heat resistant mixing bowl.

Pour the cream into a small saucepan and warm on medium heat. Remove from heat as soon as it comes to a boil.

Pour the hot cream on top of the chocolate and cover the mixing bowl with a plate. Let it sit for five minutes.

Using a wooden spoon stir the chocolate and cream until completely mixed. Pour into the pie shell.

Refrigerate your tart for at least an hour before eating. You can decorate it just before serving with smartie type candies.

Makes 8 servings


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