chocolate tart

Rick Kirby

Rick Kirby

31st March 2011
Rick Kirby

chocolate tart

a really nice, smooth no cook chocolate tart.

Ingredients

  • 1 tart shell, baked blind
  • 315ml/11fl oz double cream
  • 2 level tablespoons caster sugar
  • the smallest pinch of salt
  • 115g/4 oz butter, softened
  • 455g/1lb best- quality cooking chocolate, broken up
  • 100ml/3 3/4 fl oz milk

Method

heat cream, sugar and salt. bring to the boil.
remove from the heat and add butter and chocolate, stirring until completely melted.
add cold milk.
if the mix splits, whisk in a little more cold milk.
pour into tart case.
chill until set.

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