Chocolate Glazed Chocolate Tart

Total Time: 2 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 9 chocolate graham crackers, finely ground (not chocolate-covered)
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/4 cups heavy cream
• 9 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped (not more than 65% cacao if marked)
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons heavy cream
• 1 3/4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon light corn syrup
• 1 tablespoon warm water

Recipe

• 1 make the crust:.
• 2 preheat the oven to 350°f with rack in middle of oven.
• 3 stir together all crust ingredients and press evenly onto bottom and 3/4 inchs up side of tart pan.
• 4 bake until firm, about 10 minutes.
• 5 cool on a cooling rack 15 to 20 minutes.
• 6 make the filling:.
• 7 bring cream to a boil, then pour over chocolate in a bowl and let stand 5 minutes.
• 8 gently stir until smooth.
• 9 in another bowl whisk together eggs, vanilla, and salt, then stir into melted chocolate.
• 10 pour filling into cooled crust.
• 11 bake until filling is set about 3 inches from edge but center is still wobbly, 20 to 25 minutes. (center will continue to set as tart cools.)
• 12 cool completely in pan on cooling rack, about 1 hour.
• 13 make glaze:.
• 14 bring cream to a boil and remove from heat.
• 15 stir in chocolate until smooth, then stir in corn syrup, then warm water.
• 16 pour glaze onto tart, then tilt and rotate tart so glaze coats top evenly.
• 17 let stand until glaze is set, about 1 hour.
• 18 cooks' note: best to serve the tart the day it is made. however it can be made, without the glaze, 1 day ahead and chilled. bring to room temperature before glazing to serve.