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Chocolate-Cherry Tart

By Cotton Manchester NHPhotography by Brian Leatart

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Recipe information

  • Yield

    10 to 12 Servings

Ingredients

Fruit

1

/2 cup water

1

/2 cup sugar

1

cup (packed) dried Bing (sweet) cherries

1

/3 cup kirsch (clear cherry brandy)

Crust

1

cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

1

/2 cup sugar

1

large egg

1

teaspoon vanilla extract

2

cups all purpose flour

5

tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

1

/2 teaspoon salt

Filling

3

large eggs

1

/3 cup dark corn syrup

1

/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted

1

teaspoon vanilla extract

1

/2 teaspoon (scant) salt

1

/2 cup sugar

6

ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, chopped

Powdered sugar

Unsweetened cocoa powder

Need to make a substitution?

Preparation

  1. For fruit

    Step 1

    Stir 1/2 cup water and sugar in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves and syrup comes to boil. Add cherries. Remove mixture from heat; cool 30 minutes. Mix in kirsch. Cover and refrigerate 1 day.

  2. For crust

    Step 2

    Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until fluffy. Add sugar and beat until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Sift flour, cocoa, and salt over; beat to blend. Using moistened fingertips, press dough over bottom and up sides of 11-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Cover and chill at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.

  3. For filling

    Step 3

    Preheat oven to 350°F. Drain cherries, reserving cherry syrup. Sprinkle cherries in crust. Combine eggs, corn syrup, butter, vanilla, and salt in large bowl. Add sugar and 1/4 cup cherry syrup; beat to blend. Mix in chocolate. Pour filling into crust.

    Step 4

    Bake tart until set in center, about 1 hour. Cool on rack 30 minutes. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; store at room temperature. Release tart from pan. Dust with powdered sugar and cocoa. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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