Tarte au chocolat

tart aux chocolate, chocolate tart

Chocolate tart, also known as chocolate cream pie, is a dessert consisting of dark chocolate, cream and eggs, beaten together, poured into a crisp, sweetened pastry shell and baked until firm. it is considered a form of custard tart because it includes an egg-based filling. the dish is similar in composition to chocolate mousse, however, being baked gives the chocolate tart a firmer texture. due to the cost of the ingredients and difficulty of making the pastry, the dish was, until recently (2016), relatively rare except in upscale cafés. it has many variants, and is considered a gourmet dessert. an early 19th century book for "opulent families" featured a chocolate tart recipe that inclu...

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