Yesterday was my chocoholic Mom's birthday, and not any old chocolate birthday cake would do! No, this year I passed up the classics and headed for a chocolate doozie...Dark Chocolate and Pine Nut Crostata. This Italian tart has the perfect balance of super rich dark chocolate sweetened with just the right amount of honey to satisfy her chocolate sweet tooth.
Served with a cup of coffee and a small scoop of vanilla bean ice cream; this birthday tart was a chocolaty success.
photos by Freutcake
Dark Chocolate & Pine Nut Crostata- recipe by Bon Appetit
Crust:
1 ⅔ cups all purpose flour
1 cup powdered sugar
½ teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons (¾ stick) unsalted butter, diced, room temperature
2 large egg yolks
1 large egg
Filling:
10 ounces bittersweet (70% cocoa) chocolate, finely chopped
2 cups heavy whipping cream
¼ cup honey
¼ cup pine nuts, toasted
For crust:
Blend flour, powdered sugar, and salt in processor 5 seconds. Add butter, yolks, and egg. Blend until moist clumps form. Knead dough into ball and flatten into disk. Wrap and chill at least 30 minutes and up to 1 day.
Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 14-inch round. Transfer to 10-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Cut off all but ½-inch overhang. Fold overhang in, pressing to form double-thick sides that extend ¼ inch above rim. Chill crust 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 375°F. Bake crust 5 minutes. Using back of fork, press up sides of crust if slipping. Bake until golden, pressing up sides and piercing with fork if crust bubbles, about 20-25 minutes longer. Cool crust completely.
For filling:
Place chocolate in medium bowl. Heat cream, just until steaming, in saucepan. Pour cream over chocolate; whisk until smooth. Whisk in honey. Pour filling into crust. Chill until partially set, sprinkle tart with pine nuts and continue to chill at least 2 hours and up to 1 day.
*Best served cold with a dollop of sweetened whipped cream.
A Bowl Of Mush says
Yum yum!!
Jacquelyn | lark&linen says
This looks DIVINE!
Dana Gastelum says
Holy cow honey! This looks absolutely sinful! Mmmmm!
freutcake says
Dana- the combination of honey and dark chocolate was TOTALLY sinful!
rachael adele says
that is one pretty dessert!
freutcake says
Thank you Rachael! I loved the look of the pine nuts scattered on top!
Lane Culpepper says
This was so rich and delicious. I am so happy you decided to make this instead of a regular cake!
freutcake says
Yay! Glad you liked it. 🙂
CJ says
Mmmmmm! This looks so tasty, I want to try making it. Not the biggest fan of dark chocolate, though - do you think the same recipe would be successful with a lighter chocolate?
freutcake says
I'm not sure, give it a try!
Gaby [The Vault Files] says
This looks amazing Leah!
freutcake says
Thank you Gaby!
Nic@diningwithastud says
What a gorgeous combo! I saw this on Instagram last night and was instantly in love 🙂
Sharon says
This looks amazing. I'm a dark chocolate fanatic!
MaryAnne says
I'm so lucky to have you around to make me such a special birthday treat. This was absolutely delicious!