I say experiments, because I’m not much of a baker or a cook. I’m purely in Food Survival mode most of the time, because at the end of the day when it comes to dinner prep, I want easy and fast. Hence, no great culinary feats for me.
Unless I’m inspired. And, oh my, file this post under I’m inspired. During a public library gleaning with the kids, I found Pure Chocolate (Divine Desserts and Sweets from the Creator of Fran’s Chocolates) by Fran Bigelow (with Helene Siegel.) Look what I made with homemade crust (the crust construction always intimidates me.) According to Fran, this is one of the easier recipes.
And it was easy. The most difficult aspect turned out to be setting aside time to make the crust, allowing for proper chill time (Stop snickering; I’d rather read than bake.)
Not sure if the crust is meant to slip that far down from the lip of the pan, but I’ll take it for my first attempt. Taste? It’s made with semi-sweet chocolate which only one of the kids didn’t enjoy (Peter made a face; silly child. He will come to the Dark Side, soon enough.)
The happy news is a copy of this book is going to come live at my house so I can conduct more experiments at my leisure. And look at that face! This child needs to be raised with good tastes in fine desserts. Plus I need more bakers around here. I can find the recipes, the kids can do the cooking. Washing the dishes can be the price I pay. Sounds like a win/win to me, no?
You can find the recipe on page 79 if I happen to inspire you bake your own Pure Chocolate Tart.
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Looks delicious to me!