French classic
Quick enjoyment: recipe for a creamy chocolate tart made from five ingredients
There is no such thing as too much chocolate, at least in this recipe
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For spontaneous enjoyment: This quick chocolate tart consists of just five ingredients and can be prepared in no time. Perfect for those with a sweet tooth.
Chocolate always works. Especially in the form of a moist chocolate cake. But what about a wonderful tarte au chocolat, like the ones you find in the French boulangeries on the streets? Paris can be found? Wonderfully soft on the inside, the shell is delicate and crispy, and the aroma is uniquely intense, like pure chocolate. It is not for nothing that French pastries are considered the queen of chocolate cakes – and the supreme discipline for bakers and confectioners.
But a good tart doesn’t always have to be complicated. True to the motto “less is more,” this recipe for a creamy tart au chocolat consists of just five ingredients. Mixed together in no time and baked in the oven in a flash, it provides quick chocolate enjoyment that is best enjoyed lukewarm with some vanilla ice cream.
Recipe for a quick tart au chocolat made from five ingredients
Ingredients for a 24cm diameter tart tin
- 200g melted butter
- 200 g dark chocolate, at least 70 percent cocoa content
- 4 eggs, size M
- 200g sugar
- 2 pinches of salt
- 2 tbsp wheat flour, type 405
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preparation
- Melt the butter and chocolate carefully in a water bath. Mix in a pinch of salt.
- Separate eggs. Beat the egg white until stiff.
- Beat the egg yolks, sugar and another pinch of salt until creamy. Stir in the chocolate-butter mixture. Then add the flour and slowly mix everything into a smooth dough. Fold in the egg whites.
- Pour everything into the prepared form.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 175 °C top/bottom heat for about 25 minutes.
- Let the cake cool slightly.
- Serve lukewarm with vanilla ice cream.
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