Sunday, May 1, 2011

I Heart Cooking Clubs : Potluck - Chocolate, Dried Fruit and Nuts Tart


This week is Potluck time at I Heart Cooking Clubs so if you check the blog you'll find all sorts of recipes !
I had a dinner with all my High School friends on Friday and brought some dessers but this tart was so welcomed or better it was kidnapped and Fabio didn't want to let it out of the kitchen !
The crust follows this recipe. I used half of it and prebaked it in a rectangular pan.
It is then scattered with any kind of dried fruit and toasted nut (I used dried apricots, raisins, almonds and hazelnuts) and covered with a ganache made with 285 grams heavy cream heated with 2 Tbs dark brown sugar and mixed with 200 grams dark chocolate.
I got the recipe from 'Ministry of Food', but my copy is in italian so I do not know the original name for the tart (Torta di cioccolato, frutta e nocciole).



11 comments:

Luigi said...

Now that is something I like the look off!! :)

Gloria Baker said...

Natalia this tart look delicious!!! gloria

Claudia said...

I could live on that. Morning, noon and night and would never need to cook anything else again.

Deb in Hawaii said...

This tart looks wonderful--I can see why it was so popular. ;-)

Cakelaw said...

This looks fabulous Natalia - so rich and decadent.

Federica Simoni said...

Fa vo lo sa!!!!!!!!!!!!!sempre bravissima!!buona settimana!baci!

Mélodie said...

It looks awesome! Délicieux!

NKP said...

Everything sounds better in Italian!
What a sexy and sophisticated tart that is, no wonder it was such a hit!

Joanne said...

That pool of chocolate in the middle of the tart is giving me chills! Delicious.

Kim said...

Oh my...this looks sinfully delicious :) I can see why it was such a wonderful hit with all your family and friends. Gorgeous!

Andreas said...

Looking really good.