Chocolate Tart Recipe
Easy French Recipe for Kids
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.
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
Prep time: 20 min
- 1 9 inch pre-baked tart or pie shell
- 10 ounces good quality, sweet, dark chocolate
- 1 1/4 cups heavy cream
- 1/2 cup Smarties or MandM's
- 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 or M and M type candies.
Makes 8 servings
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