Ingredients:
Crust
3 tbsp ground nuts (almonds, hazelnuts
6 tbsp sugar
1 ¼ flour
2 tsp lemon zest
6 tbsp unsalted butter
Body
12 oz chocolate-the good stuff
1 ¼ heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
Method
Oven to 350
Dough
Process nuts,
add in sugar, flour, zest, and salt and pulse till coarse crumbs form with no
large butter clumps. Should hold
together when squeezed between fingers.
Transfer
dough to nine inch tart pan with a removable bottom and press dough into pan. Use a cup to form into pan.
Bake till golden brown and firm to the touch
about 20 minutes. Let it cool for an
hour.
Filling
Place
chocolate broken into small pieces in a bowl.
Heat cream to
just below boil and then pour over chocolate.
Stir till mixture is smooth and chocolate is all melted..
Mix in
Vanilla.
Pour into
tart.
Let it set up
for about two hours.
