Swiss Chocolate-Almond Tart
- 1 egg white
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 1/2 cups firmly packed almond meal or almond flour
- 1 Tbs. cornstarch
- 1 Tbs. butter or margarine, melted
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp. almond extract, optional
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds
- 1 12-oz. can low-fat evaporated milk
- 1/2 cup light coconut milk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 4 oz. semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 2 large eggs
- To make Crust: Beat egg white with electric mixer until pale and frothy.
- Beat in sugar and salt, then almond meal, cornstarch, butter, vanilla, and almond extract (if using).
- Chill 15 minutes.
- Roll out dough on work surface dusted with cornstarch or between two pieces of wax paper or plastic wrap.
- Coat 9-inch pie pan with cooking spray.
- Press Crust into prepared pan, and trim edges.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Line Crust with foil or parchment paper, and fill with dried beans.
- Parbake Crust 8 minutes.
- To make Filling: toast almond slivers on baking sheet in oven 5 minutes.
- Bring evaporated milk, coconut milk, and sugar to a boil in saucepan.
- Place chopped chocolate in heat-proof bowl, pour milk mixture over top, and whisk until chocolate is melted.
- Return to saucepan, and return to a boil.
- Whisk eggs in same heat-proof bowl.
- Whisk chocolate mixture into eggs.
- Pour hot chocolate mixture into Crust.
- Bake 10 minutes, or until Filling is set.
- Cool, then sprinkle with toasted almonds.
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Taken from www.vegetariantimes.com/recipe/swiss-chocolate-almond-tart/ (may not work)