Pumpkin-Chocolate Tart
- Chocolate Crust
- 1 cup all purpose flour, plus more for work surface
- 1/4 cut plus 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 1 large egg
- 4 ounces best quality semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
- Pumpkin - Chocolate Tart
- 1 can (15 oz pumpkin puree
- 3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 8 oz creme fraiche
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp ground cloves
- 2 oz best quality semisweet chocolate
- 1. Preheat oven to 350. In a medium bowl, whisk together pumpkin puree, brown sugar, creme fraiche, eggs, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, salt and cloves until smooth. Pass mixture through a fine sieve set over a clean bowl; discard solids. Pour filling into prepared curst.
- 2. Bake until filling is set, about 40 minutes. Transfer to wire rack, and let cool at least 30 minutes.
- 3. Set a heatproof bowl, or the top of a double boiler, over a pan of barely simmering water. Melt chocolate in bowl, stirring occasionally; remove from heat. Dip a spoon in melted chocolate, then drizzle chocolate over tart, forming decorative stripes. Refrigerate until well set, at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.
- Crust
- 1. In a bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, salt, cinnamon and cloves. Add butter; mix on low speed until butter is the size of small peas, about 5 minutes. Add egg; mix until ingredients come together to form a dough.
- 2. Preheat oven to 350. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out dough to just thicker than 1/8 inch. Brush off excess flour; transfer dough to a 10 inch tart pan with a removable bottom. Press dough into bottom and up sides of pan; trim excess flush with edge. Lightly prick bottom of dough all over with a fork. Chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
- 3. Bake shell until firm, about 15 minutes. Immediately sprinkle chocolate over bottom of shell; smooth with a spatula.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/pumpkin-chocolate-tart-1271344 (may not work)