I did not intend to make Dorie Greenspan’s Torte Noire from Baking…From My Home to Yours. True, it’s one of the original Tuesdays with Dorie recipes I still needed to make. True, it’s very delicious–a chocolate ganache tart with a chocolate crust.
It didn’t strong arm me nor show up at my office begging me with a raspy voice like an old-school femme fatale. It simply was a matter of convenience. I had leftover chocolate dough from chocolate truffle tarts. I wanted to use it to make a tart or something similar out of TWD v1.0 to cross another recipe off the list.
I made two mini 4″ tarts–one for Paul, one for me–and made 1/4 of the recipe for the filling. The filling is a simple ganache with nothing simple about the taste. Because of the rainy day and rushedness (new word!) of the photo shoot, we didn’t get any good shots. Paul’s solution? “You’ll just have to make these again.” And we will. It’s the little black dress of chocolate tarts. Not fussy, perfectly simple, and with great taste.
The TWD bakers made the tarte back in July 2010 when I was still baking with the group and I don’t recall (other than my life was a mess) why I didn’t make it then. Dharmagirl of Bliss: Towards a Delicious Life hosted the TARTE NOIRE RECIPE.
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Yum! Looks a bit naughty but utterly delicious!
I’m making this next weekend, it looks delicious!
another winner!
Those look great! I haven’t made a lot from BFMHTY but I think I’m going to have to make this. I typically prefer the simple desserts to the complex so this sounds perfect!
Your crust looks so good! I can never get mine so thin and even. I’m re-living my TWD experience through your posts 🙂
The crust on that looks perfect! And so pretty with the sprinkling of cocoa.
I remember how delicious this one was, and I love how you dressed it with cocoa. It truly is the little black dress of chocolate tarts.
One bad thing about trying to finish all the TWD 1.0 recipes is I don’t have time to revisit favorites I’ve already made.
Oh thank you for reminding me of these! They were definitely one of my favorites from the first round of TWD.
I think you got a great shot despite the rain, nice job 🙂
This looks delicious! What an accomplishment it will be to have cooked through the whole book!
Thanks for stopping by my blog and for your very nice comment! Your Tarts noire are beautiful and sound so delicious! A must try!
Yeah, my hubby would have me make these again, too 🙂 They look wonderful~
The photo looks great to me. I thought for sure I had made this one, but I didn’t, and I have no idea why. It certainly looks and sounds good!
You always make things look so intriguing and lovely, even when I know I don’t like chocolate, they look pretty with that sprinkling on them, etc.