Chocolate Truffle Tart

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into bits
• 1/3-1/2 cup cold strong coffee
• 12 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 teaspoons tia maria
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts, toasted 8 to 10 minutes in a 350 degree oven
• confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 for the crust, put the flour, cocoa, salt, and sugar in to a food processor, and blend them by turning the machine on and off three or four times.
• 2 distribute the chilled butter pieces over the flour in the processor.
• 3 turn the machine on and off several times, until the mixture looks like small crumbs.
• 4 add the coffee, and turn the machine on briefly until the contents are well-mixed.
• 5 using your fingers, press the dough into the bottom and side of a 9-inch tart pan, chill the crust for 15 minutes.
• 6 preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• 7 to make the filling, beat the chocolate, sugar, butter, milk, and tia maria together with a whisk.
• 8 add the beaten eggs and walnuts, and stir.
• 9 pout the filling into the chilled tart shell, and bake the tart for 30 to 40 minutes, or until the top is dry and firm.
• 10 to decorate the tart, place strips of waxed paper in a criss-cross pattern o the top, and sift on powdered sugar.
• 11 carefully remove the paper.
• 12 serve with ice cream, if desired.