Posh Chocolate Tart

Ingredients

For the filling

• 2 whole eggs
• 3 egg yolks
• 7 ounces dark chocolate, 70% plus
• 5 ounces butter
• 1 1/2 ounces caster sugar

For the pastry

• 8 ounces flour
• 6 ounces butter
• 2 1/2 ounces icing sugar
• 2 egg yolks

Directions

1. 1

   Put the 6 ounces of butter, icing sugar and 2 egg yolks in a bowl and blend or whizz up in a food processor. Blend in the flour until you have a paste, then chill for about an hour.

2. 2

   Preheat oven to 350f/180c/gas mark 4. Roll out the pastry to line a fluted 8 inch tart tin. Grease the tin, line with the pastry and blind bake for approx 20 minutes until a golden biscuit brown. Remove and allow to cool.

3. 3

   Increase oven temp to 375f/190c/gas mark 5. Put the 7oz chocolate and 5oz butter in a bowl over a barely simmering pan of water. Allow to melt and stir until smooth and glossy then allow to cool off the pan for a few minutes.

4. 4

   In a separate bowl, put the 2 whole eggs, 3 egg yolks and caster sugar. Whisk until pale and thick. Gradually add the melted chocolate, stirring all the while. Blend thoroughly.

5. 5

   Pour the chocolate mixture into the pastry case and pop in the oven for 5 minutes. Remove and allow to cool.

6. 6

   Decorate with a sprinkly of edible gold dusk and serve thin slices of tart with thick cream.