TARTA COSMICA DE CHOCOLATE

You know I love chocolate, so today I share this bitter chocolate with smoked salt tartlet recipe with you, inspired by a delicious recipe of Nigella Lawson, she is the queen of porn food and is one of my favorite cooks, to make this more special I decorated it like a cosmos with my favorite constellations, the Big and Little Dipper  (referring to my sister and me).

This cosmic chocolate tart is made with 70% bitter chocolate (Venezuelan Chocolate) and to give it a more intense flavor, we add smoked salt, which will highlight all the flavors, don’t worry, it won’t taste salty, it is a delight of flavors for chocolate lovers.

Cosmic Chocolate Tart

Ingredients

CRUST

• 300 g of crushed Oreo cookies (without cream)
• 50 grams of dark chocolate (70%)
• 1 pinch of smoked salt
• 50 grams of melted butter
• 2 tbsp. of coffee

FILLING

• 150 grams of dark chocolate (70%)
• 20 g of corn starch
• 75 grams of sugar
• 60 ml of milk
• 250 ml of whipping cream
• 50 grams of cocoa powder
• 2 tbsp. of coffee
• 1 tbsp. of vanilla
• 2 tbsp. of olive oil
• ¼ tsp. of smoked salt

DECORATION

• White chocolate
• Sugar stars

Intructions

1. Start by making the crust, in a food processor place the cookies without the cream, then add the chocolate, butter, salt and coffee. Grind very well until everything is incorporated. Spread the mixture onto a tartlet mold  of 20 cm and refrigerate for 2 hours minimum.
2. To make the filling, place all the ingredients in a deep saucepan and cook over low heat, you should cook it until the mixture thickens and coats the spoon, let it cool completely before pouring over the crust.
3. Pour the filling over the frozen crust and refrigerate for about 4 hours.
4. Decorate with white chocolate and sugar confetti stars by forming your favorite constellations.

If you can’t find a dark bitter chocolate, you can do it with chips of bitter chocolate that are sold at the supermarket, just don’t add the smoked salt, because they won’t complement well. If you want to do this cosmic chocolate tart using chocolate milk it is also valid, only control the sugar, so that your tart doesn’t turn out too sweet.