Strawberry and Chocolate Tart with Walnut Crust
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup walnuts (about 1 1/2 ounces)
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/3 cup (generous) strawberry jam
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons whipping cream
- 6 ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 2 1-pint baskets strawberries, hulled, halved.
- Combine flour, sugar and salt in processor and mix.
- Add walnuts; process until chopped.
- Add butter and cut in using on/off turns until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Add yolks and process just until moist clumps form.
- Gather dough into ball; flatten to disk.
- Wrap in plastic and chill 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven 375F.
- Butter 9-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom.
- Roll out dough between sheets of waxed paper to 11-inch round.
- Peel off top sheet of paper.
- Transfer crust to prepared pan, pressing dough firmly to fit pan and patching if necessary.
- Discard paper.
- Trim edges of crust.
- Freeze crust 15 minutes.
- Bake until golden brown, about 25 minutes.
- Spread jam in crust.
- Return to oven and bake until jam sets, about 4 minutes.
- Cool completely on rack.
- Heat cream in heavy small saucepan over medium-low heat until tiny bubbles appear around edges.
- Remove from heat.
- Add chocolate and stir until melted.
- Cool until mixture is room temperature and beginning to thicken but still pourable, stirring occasionally, about 50 minutes.
- Pour chocolate filling into crust.
- Refrigerate until filling is set, about 1 hour 45 minutes.
- (Can be prepared 1 day ahead.
- cover and keep refrigerated.)
- Arrange strawberries cut side down in concentric circles atop filling.
- Serve immediately or refrigerate up to 1 hour.
flour, sugar, salt, walnuts, butter, egg yolks, strawberry, whipping cream, bittersweet, baskets strawberries
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/strawberry-and-chocolate-tart-with-walnut-crust-636 (may not work)