Bittersweet Chocolate Tart

Name: Bittersweet Chocolate Tart
Prep time: 120 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 8 - 10.
Ingredients: Tart Shell:; 1/2 cup + 1 T / 4.5 oz / 130g unsalted butter, room temperature; 1/2 cup / 2.5 oz / 75g natural cane sugar, muscovado, or brown sugar, sifted; 1/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt; 1 large egg, room temperature; 1 3/4 cup / 8 oz / 225g whole wheat pastry flour; Filling:; scant cup / 225 ml heavy whipping cream; 2 tablespoons milk; 7 ounces / 200g 70% bittersweet chocolate, chopped; 1 large egg, beaten; flaky sea salt, cocoa powder; equipment: two 9-inch tart pans (or equivalent).

The little black dress of my tart repertoire - bittersweet chocolate with a thin brown sugar crust. The filling is a dark chocolate ganache, the consistency of thick frosting, set off by the crispness of the crust, finished with a dusting of cocoa powder, and a pinch of sea salt.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients

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Why it works: Wheat and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,418 recipes. Both carry (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, melon. The science ↓

Bittersweet Chocolate Tart

Serves 8 - 10.

Prep120 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1039Calories

29 gProtein

40 gFat

138 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Wheat	not in our table	0
Pastry	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By 101cookbooks. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Wheat + milktop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,418 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).
Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Cream + chocolatetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,466 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

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