Banana Chocolate Tart
- 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 1/3 cup plus 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 1/2 tablespoons dark rum
- 6 firm-ripe bananas
- 1/4 cup apricot preserves
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Blend crumbs, butter, 1/3 cup sugar, and salt in a food processor until mixture begins to hold together and pat onto bottom and up side of a 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom.
- Bake in middle of oven until side of crust is firm to the touch, 14 to 18 minutes.
- Sprinkle chocolate chips into hot crust and let stand 5 minutes to soften.
- Spread evenly over bottom of crust.
- Beat cream with remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar and rum until it holds soft peaks.
- Cut bananas into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
- Whisk preserves and add bananas, tossing to coat.
- Spoon banana mixture into crust and top with whipped cream.
graham cracker crumbs, unsalted butter, sugar, salt, chocolate chips, heavy cream, dark rum, bananas, apricot preserves
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/banana-chocolate-tart-102952 (may not work)