Chocolate Truffle Tart

Total Time: 52 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces (3/4 stick)
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 teaspoons water (about)
• 1 1/2 cups whipping cream
• 10 ounces bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened) or 10 oz.semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup chilled whipping cream, whipped
• chocolate shavings, for garnish
• raspberries or strawberry, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 for crust:.
• 2 combine flour,sugar,cocoa and salt in processor.
• 3 add butter and cut in until mixture resembles fine meal.
• 4 blend in vanilla and enough water by teaspoonfuls to bind dough.
• 5 gather dough into a ball; flatten into disk.
• 6 wrap in plastic and refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
• 7 (can be prepared 1 day ahead. let dough stand 15 minutes at room temperature to soften slightly before rolling.).
• 8 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 9 roll dough out between sheets of waxed paper to 13 inch round (dough will be paper thin).
• 10 peel off top sheet of paper, invert dough into 11-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom.
• 11 press dough into bottom and up sides of pan.
• 12 peel off sheet of paper and pierce bottom of dough with fork.
• 13 bake until pastry is set, about 12 minutes; cool on rack.
• 14 for filling:.
• 15 scald 1 1/2 cups cream in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat; reduce heat to low.
• 16 add chocolate and stir until mixture is melted and smooth.
• 17 pour filling into tart shell.
• 18 refrigerate until firm, at least 4 hours.
• 19 (can be prepared 1 day ahead. cover tart loosely with plastic wrap.).
• 20 before serving, sift 1 tablespoon of cocoa over tart.
• 21 spoon whipped cream into pastry bag fitted with medium star tip.
• 22 pipe rosettes of cream around border.
• 23 sprinkle shavings over rosettes, garnish with a strawberry or a few raspberries and serve.