Chocolate Hazelnut Tart

Chocolate Hazelnut Tart
Chocolate Hazelnut Tart
Sandra Hersh of Groton, Massachusetts, writes: "A wonderful dinner with out-of-town friends at Mamma Maria, in the North End of Boston, was topped off with an outstanding chocolate hazelnut tart. It was a perfect finish to a great evening. I know the pastry chef would be happy to share the recipe." This impressive-looking tart is easy because the crust is pressed into the pan rather than rolled out. The pastry chef at Mamma Maria serves it with candied hazelnuts and a chocolate sauce.
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  • Served Person: Makes 10 servings
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  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup whole milk
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 1 cup crã¨me fraã®che
  • Carbohydrate 32 g(11%)
  • Cholesterol 81 mg(27%)
  • Fat 17 g(26%)
  • Fiber 2 g(6%)
  • Protein 4 g(8%)
  • Saturated Fat 10 g(49%)
  • Sodium 202 mg(8%)
  • Calories 287

PreparationMake tart shell: Preheat oven to 350°F. Pulse hazelnuts with flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor until finely ground (be careful not to grind to a paste), then add butter and pulse until most of mixture resembles coarse meal with some roughly pea-size butter lumps. Add egg and vanilla and pulse just until mixture begins to clump. Press dough evenly over bottom and up side of tart pan and chill 10 minutes. Line tart shell with foil and fill with pie weights. Bake in middle of oven until pale golden along rim, about 15 minutes. Carefully remove foil and weights and bake shell until bottom and side are golden, about 10 minutes more. Cool in pan on a rack 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F. Make filling while shell cools: Put chopped chocolate in a bowl. Bring milk, sugar, and salt to a boil in a 1-quart saucepan over moderate heat, stirring, then pour milk over chocolate in bowl and let stand until chocolate is melted, about 1 minute. Whisk until smooth, then whisk in yolks and vanilla. Whisk in crème fraîche and pour into crust. Bake tart in middle of oven until just set, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool completely in pan on rack. Chill until firm, at least 1 hour, then bring to room temperature before serving.

PreparationMake tart shell: Preheat oven to 350°F. Pulse hazelnuts with flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor until finely ground (be careful not to grind to a paste), then add butter and pulse until most of mixture resembles coarse meal with some roughly pea-size butter lumps. Add egg and vanilla and pulse just until mixture begins to clump. Press dough evenly over bottom and up side of tart pan and chill 10 minutes. Line tart shell with foil and fill with pie weights. Bake in middle of oven until pale golden along rim, about 15 minutes. Carefully remove foil and weights and bake shell until bottom and side are golden, about 10 minutes more. Cool in pan on a rack 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F. Make filling while shell cools: Put chopped chocolate in a bowl. Bring milk, sugar, and salt to a boil in a 1-quart saucepan over moderate heat, stirring, then pour milk over chocolate in bowl and let stand until chocolate is melted, about 1 minute. Whisk until smooth, then whisk in yolks and vanilla. Whisk in crème fraîche and pour into crust. Bake tart in middle of oven until just set, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool completely in pan on rack. Chill until firm, at least 1 hour, then bring to room temperature before serving.