Best 4 Chocolate Crust For Pumpkin Chocolate Spiderweb Tart Recipes

PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE TART

Steps:

• Directions for the Chocolate Crust.
• In electric mixer, combine all dry ingredients.
• Add butter. Mix on low speed until butter is the size of small peas; about 5 minutes.
• Add egg and mix until ingredients come together to form a dough.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• On lightly floured work surface roll dough to just thicker than 1/8 inch.
• Transfer dough to 10 inch tart pan with removeable bottom. Press dough into bottom and up sides of pan. Trim excess flush with the edge of the pan. Lightly prick bottom of dough all over with fork. Chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Bake shell until firm, about 15 minutes.
• Immediately sprinkle chocolate over bottom of shell, smooth with spatula.
• Directions for Tart.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium bowl, whish together pumpkin, brown sugar, creme fraiche, eggs, all spices and salt until smooth.
• Pass mixture through a fine sieve set over a clean bowl. Discard solids and pour filling into crust.
• Bake until filling is set, about 40 minutes.
• Transfer to wire rack and let cool at least 30 minutes.
• Set a heatproof bowl over a pan of barely simmering water. Melt chocolate in bowl, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. With a spoon, drizzle chocolate over tart. Refrigerate until well set, at least one hour.

PUMPKIN-CHOCOLATE-CHIP SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line bottom and sides of a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with foil, leaving an overhang on all sides. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, pie spice, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar on medium-high speed until smooth; beat in egg and vanilla until combined. Beat in pumpkin puree (mixture may appear curdled). Reduce speed to low, and mix in dry ingredients until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
• Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Bake until edges begin to pull away from sides of pan and a toothpick inserted in center comes out with just a few moist crumbs attached, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool completely in pan.
• Lift cake from pan (using foil as an aid). Peel off foil, and use a serrated knife to cut into 24 squares.

CHOCOLATE GANACHE PUMPKIN TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking cocoa, pie spice and salt. Stir in butter until crumbly. Press onto bottom and up sides of a 9-in. tart pan with removable bottom; place on a baking sheet. Bake 10 minutes; cool on a wire rack., Meanwhile, in another large bowl, whisk pumpkin, eggs, brown sugar, orange zest, pie spice and salt. Slowly whisk in cream. Pour into crust. Bake 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°. Bake until filling is set, 40-45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack., For ganache, place chocolate chips in a small bowl. In a small saucepan, bring cream just to a boil. Pour over chocolate; let stand 10 minutes. Stir with a whisk until smooth. Spread over tart; chill until set. If desired, garnish with crystallized ginger.

PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE-SPIDERWEB TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together pumpkin, brown sugar, creme fraiche, eggs, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, salt, and cloves until smooth. Pass mixture through a fine sieve into a clean bowl (discard solids). Pour filling into prepared crust, just to top edge.
• Bake until filling is set, about 40 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool at least 30 minutes.
• Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl, set over a pan of barely simmering water; heat until melted, stirring occasionally. Transfer chocolate to a parchment paper cone or resealable bag with a tiny hole cut in one corner. Pipe about 15 evenly spaced lines radiating out from center of tart. Pipe curved lines around perimeter of tart, connecting each spoke. Continue piping curved lines, spacing them closer together as you near the center. Refrigerate tart until set, at least 1 hour (or up to 1 day).