Chocolate Truffle Tart
- 1 34 cups flour
- 13 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 18 teaspoon salt
- 14 cup sugar
- 34 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into bits
- 13-12 cup cold strong coffee
- 12 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
- 23 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 2 teaspoons Tia Maria
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 12 cup finely chopped walnuts, toasted 8 to 10 minutes in a 350 degree oven
- confectioners' sugar
- For the crust, put the flour, cocoa, salt, and sugar in to a food processor, and blend them by turning the machine on and off three or four times.
- Distribute the chilled butter pieces over the flour in the processor.
- Turn the machine on and off several times, until the mixture looks like small crumbs.
- Add the coffee, and turn the machine on briefly until the contents are well-mixed.
- Using your fingers, press the dough into the bottom and side of a 9-inch tart pan, Chill the crust for 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- To make the filling, beat the chocolate, sugar, butter, milk, and Tia Maria together with a whisk.
- Add the beaten eggs and walnuts, and stir.
- Pout the filling into the chilled tart shell, and bake the tart for 30 to 40 minutes, or until the top is dry and firm.
- To decorate the tart, place strips of waxed paper in a criss-cross pattern o the top, and sift on powdered sugar.
- Carefully remove the paper.
- Serve with ice cream, if desired.
flour, unsweetened cocoa, salt, sugar, cold unsalted butter, coffee, chocolate, sugar, butter, milk, tia maria, eggs, walnuts, confectioners
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-truffle-tart-85406 (may not work)