This week’s TWD was chosen by Kim of Scrumptious Photography: chocolate cream tart! The photos on her site are really amazing and definitely worth checking out! I’m a bit late getting this week’s recipe posted so this is going to be a short one.
Though Dorie’s recipe called for a chocolate tart shell I just knew the combination of chocolate custard and a chocolate tart shell would be chocolate overload for me. I made Dorie’s sweet tart dough recipe and it turned out perfectly! I briefly contemplated making the chocolate coconut cream option Dorie suggests in “playing around” but decided against it since I was already pulling things together at the last minute (that said, I’m putting it on my list of things to try in the future). My custard came together easily – have I mentioned that I love Dorie’s custard recipes? Every other custard recipe I’ve tried has been a fail but Dorie’s always seem to work! If I’d had more time I might have added a peanut butter layer in the tart somewhere but in lieu of that, I added some peanut butter chips on top of the whipped cream.
It was REALLY hot here today so you might notice my chocolate custard was getting runny as I was taking photos of the tart and the peanut butter chips were melting. I cut a piece for myself and gave it a try. I can definitely see how this could be a truly amazing dessert. I really don’t like bittersweet chocolate so the chocolate custard wasn’t sweet enough for me but if I made this again with milk chocolate instead of dark chocolate I’d be in heaven! This is one Dorie recipe I know I will definitely revisit!
Many thanks for Kim for a great pick this week! The recipe for Dorie’s chocolate cream tart can be found on Kim’s site or in Dorie’s wonderful book if you want to check it out! Be sure to head over to TWD to see all of this week’s tarts.
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Love your tart! Nice job!
I actually used semi-sweet chocolate because I was out of bittersweet for the pastry cream, and I think it had just the right amount of sweetness!
Peanut butter sounds like a yummy variation.
It looks yummy! I hear you on the heat — is it supposed to be this hot in April? I love the peanut butter chips on top, they’re so cute. Great job, Tracey!
lovely tart! try the coconut next time 🙂
Your tart looks awesome. I don’t like bittersweet much either, so this was a bit much for me, but definitely want to try it again sometime with semi sweet or milk chocolate.
YUM! PB & Chocolate always work so well together!
Your tart looks awesome. A peanut butter would be delicious. Great idea.
You have such great decorating skills, this one looks fabulous.
like the peanut butter and chocolate. in my opinion you went the right way with the crust, especially if you don’t really care for bittersweet chocolate.
Absolutely gorgeous tart!! I bet it tastes outstanding. Looks like it came from a bakery.
I also made the sweet tart dough instead and I also considered doing the coconut cream variation – definitely trying it out in the future!! Your tart came out beautifully!
It looks GORGEOUS and you have totally got my stomach growling now! Love the peanut butter chips addition … they get me every time!
That looks delicious!
It looks delicious. I don’t see the melting at all. Next time I want to try the sweet crust.
Oh that looks so good! I am getting hungry- have to stop looking at food blogs until after dinner 🙂
Your tart crust looks perfect! And the PB chips were an extra nice touch!
The tart looks so good…such a temptation!
That looks lovely. And who can resist chocolate and peanut butter.
A beautiful tart! I love that you made a regular crust; it provides an attractive contrast to the chocolate.
Yum. The peanut butter chip touch sounds really good, and the colors all look nice together. I am definitely wanting to try the coconut too.
Great idea to add the peanut butter chips. I wonder if you could make a peanut butter crust by substituting peanut butter for some of the butter. Or finely chopped peanuts for some of the flour. I bet that would be great with a milk chocolate pastry cream.
Looks great – love how you used the sweet tart dough! Your idea for working in some peanut better next time around has me completely distracted – I need that version!
Yeah, late TWD posts are tough, I seem to always do it though. Love the decoration on yours. For once I am trying to get ahead of my baking group stuff, we’ll see.
What a gorgeous and tasty treat!
It that a deep dish tart? I love how it looks and peanut butter…would be divine.
It looks wonderful! I love the addition of peanut butter chips!
Nice variation with the peanut butter chips! It also looks beautiful and delicious all at the same time.
Tracey, I’m thinking just about anyone would consider themselves quite special to enjoy your beautiful chocolate tart. I really do love Dorie’s sweet tart dough. Its a hit! Great work.
AmyRuth
Cute little PB chips on top. I will go back to this one, too. Used semi-sweet and the chocolate crust and it was just right. Yours looks yummy!
What a gorgeous tart, Tracey!! Everyone seemed to agree that the sweet tart dough was best, so seems like you made a great decision. Oh, and those added PB chips sound totally fabulous. What a great job!