A buttery shortcrust tart layered with homemade caramel and rich chocolate ganache fit for a millionaire. So worth the calories.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Chocolate
Prep Time 1 hourhr
Cook Time 25 minutesmins
Servings 8people
Ingredients
For the crust
1 ½cupsall purpose flour
¾cupunsalted buttercubed and cold
½cupconfectioners’ sugar
For the caramel
1can14 oz/ 395 grams sweetened condensed milk
3tbspbuttersalted, unsalted- your choice
¼cupbrown sugar
pinchsalt
For the chocolate truffle ganache
4oz/113 g bittersweet chocolate
½cup+ 2tbsp heavy cream
2tbspgranulated sugar
1 - 2tspcoffee granules or instant expresso powder
2tbspunsalted butter
cocoa powder for dusting
Instructions
In a food processor, combine all the ingredients to make the crust and blitz until they resemble breadcrumbs and begin to form a dough. Alternatively place all the ingredients in a bowl and work the butter into the dry ingredients with a fork.
Form the dough into a ball and chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes if the dough is difficult to work with.
Keep a 9 cm springform tart tin ready (you can use a pie dish as well).
On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/2 cm thickness. Gently roll back onto rolling pin.
Gently place the rolling pin on the edge of the tart pan and unroll to release dough. I like to place the dough onto the tart pan this way- feel free to do it however you’d like.
Tear off any excess dough or roll the rolling pin on the edges to cut the dough off.
Prick the dough with a fork and chill once more for an hour. In the meantime, preheat the oven to 350 F or 180 C.
Press a sheet of aluminium foil on the bottom and up the edges of the tart, making sure it is tight. You do not need baking beans if you do this correctly.
Bake for 15 minutes, then take out of the oven, remove the foil and press the dough with the back a spoon to eliminate air pockets and to keep the dough from shrinking at the sides.
Bake for another 5-7 minutes or until the dough develops a very, very slight golden brown colour. Cool completely before filling.
To make the caramel
Combine the butter and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat until the butter has melted.
Add the condensed milk, reduce the heat to medium-low and stir constantly until the condensed milk begins to boil profusely and develops a slightly golden, caramel colour (about 15 minutes).
Spread the caramel onto the tart shell about 1/2 way up (you may have 1/2 cup extra). Let it sit for 15 minutes to firm up slightly while you make the chocolate topping.
To make the chocolate
Break the chocolate and place into a heat proof bowl.
In a saucepan, combine the cream, sugar and coffee and bring to a simmer.
Pour over the chocolate, let sit for 30 seconds and then whisk until smooth.
Add in the butter and continue mixing until the butter has melted.
Pour the chocolate mixture over the caramel mixture and spread evenly.
Chill the tart for at least two hours in the refrigerator before serving. To serve, remove the bottom from the spring form pan and dust with cocoa powder.
Notes
I know the process seems somewhat lengthy, but it goes by pretty quickly. Take it as a form of relaxing. Rolling, mixing, spreading, stirring- I love it, don’t you?