Silky Chocolate Tarte

A real treat if you are a chocolate lover ( I am one...) , actually this tarte is very quick to be made so try it out.

Ingredients

For the Chocolate Pastry: 100g butter, softened, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 egg yolk, 1 cup plain flour, 2 tabelespoons cocoa powder

Filling:100g butter, 150g dark chocolate, 1 small egg, 1 egg yolk, 2 tablespoons sugar

Instructions

To make the pastry: gently cream butter, sugar and egg yolk together. Mix in flour and cocoa to form a firm dough. Wrap in plastic wrap and refidgirate for 30 min. Roll out dough to 3 mm thick and use to line a buttered tart tin. Chill for 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 200°C, line the pastry shell with baking paper and fill with baking beans or rice. Bake blind for 15 minutes, remove beans or rice and return pastry back to oven to dry out for 3-4 min. Reduce oven temp to 160°C.

To make the filling, melt butter and chocolate together carefully in microwave until smooth. Whisk egg, yolk and sugar together until thick and pale. Fold egg mixture into melted chocolate until evenly coloured. Pour filling into pastry shell and bake for 15 minutes to set. Remove and leave to set to room temperature before slicing.

Decorate if you want to... ;)