heavy cream
Pour hot cream over the chopped chocolate and stir until it’s silky smooth. Pour it into the cooled tart pan, let it set, and you’re done. Is that an easy dessert or what?
How to Make Ganache
I am a huge fan of ganache. There is just something heavenly about that silky chocolate and cream combo. My mouth is literally watering as I type this. I can’t think of a better filling for this dreamy Chocolate Tart!
I have a detailed tutorial on How to Make Ganache. It covers all the basics of how to make it whether for a frosting or a filling or a drip.
The one I made for this tart is slightly different though as it uses butter to add shine. The proportions are slightly different too as it’s used as a tart filling, but nevertheless, that tutorial will give you a good run-down of what to expect and how to make it.
It’s very important to use the best quality chocolate you can find especially since it’s such a prominent component in this dessert. That means no grocery store brands (Lindt can be ok though) and definitely not Bakers chocolate! What you want is couverture chocolate.
I like to use Callebaut (which I can actually find at the grocery store, but it’s not common and it’s not in the candy aisle). If you’re in a pinch and can’t find any couverture chocolate Lindt is the best grocery store one I can recommend.
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This Dark Chocolate Tart is an elegant dessert that is so easy to make. A simple cookie crust with a rich chocolate ganache filling.
Close up of a slice of chocolate ganache tart on a plate with caramel drizzle.
The Liv for Cake kitchen has had more than its fair share of baking mishaps. Despite my seemingly endless research and planning, sometimes recipes just flop. Most recently it was the first batch of my sugar cookie cups.
I tried something new instead of sticking with my gut and modifying my tried and true cookie recipe so I had an entire batch of cracked, ugly cookie cups that I literally had to pry out of the pan. We’re talking 20 cookie cups here.
I don’t like to see anything go to waste, so I decided to repurpose some the failed cookie cups into a tart crust for this Dark Chocolate Ganache Tart.
Close up of the top sprinkled with sea salt.
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It’s no secret that I love chocolate. If you’re at my place, you’ll always find chocolate in a variety of forms, and not just for baking.
A piece of chocolate is my go-to sweet treat after (almost) every meal. I need a little something and (sadly) it can’t always be a slice of cake!
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