\"death by chocolate\" truffle tart with espresso sauce

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1½ cup Chocolate Wafer crumbs
6 tablespoons Sweet Butter
Filling:
12 ounces Semi-sweet Chocolate
½ cup Heavy cream
1 Stick sweet butter,
Cut into bits and softened
2 tablespoons Kahlua Liqueur (or other of
Your choice)
1 Pinch salt
Sauce:
½ cup Whipping cream
4 tablespoons Sugar
¼ cup Butter
1 teaspoon Finely ground Expresso
Coffee, to 1-1/2 ts

Directions

Crush or grind fine chocolate wafers in food processor. Melt butter and blend into crumbs. Pat into tart or pie pan. Chill untilfirm before filling

or bake at 300 degrees for 15 minutes, cool,and fill.

Filling: In a large saucepan combine the chocolate, cream, butter, and Kahlua and heat the mixture over moderately low heat, stirring until it is smooth. Remove from heat, allow to cool for 30 minutes at room temperature.

Pour into cooled tart shell and refrigerate forat least 3 hours.

Sauce: In a saucepan, combine cream, sugar, and butter. Cook over low heat,stirring frequently, until mixture boils. Boil 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Stir in expresso grounds.

To serve, spoon a moderate amount of warm sauce on a rimmed plate. Top with

a wedge of tart.

Crust:

From: Donna Ransdell Date: 13 Feb 96 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #152 Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 05:39:21 -0400 From: Francine Boucher <fboucher@...>

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