Chocolate Crust For Pumpkin Chocolate Spiderweb Tart Recipes

CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN SPIDER TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Combine cracker crumbs, sugar and butter. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of an ungreased 11-in. fluted tart pan with removable bottom. Place pan on a baking sheet; bake 8 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Increase oven setting to 375°., Meanwhile, beat pumpkin, sugar and cream cheese until blended. Beat in next six ingredients. Add eggs; beat on low speed just until combined. Transfer 3/4 cup filling to a small bowl; whisk in cocoa., Pour pumpkin filling into crust. Transfer chocolate mixture to a heavy-duty resealable plastic bag; cut a small hole in a corner of bag. Pipe 4 concentric circles 1 in. apart over filling. Beginning with center circle, gently pull a knife through all four circles toward outer edge. Wipe knife clean. Repeat to complete spiderweb pattern., Bake until set, 28-33 minutes. Cool 1 hour; refrigerate overnight. If desired, serve with glazed walnuts.

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).

CHOCOLATE CRUST FOR PUMPKIN-CHOCOLATE SPIDERWEB TART

Steps:

• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, salt, cinnamon, and cloves. Add butter; mix on low speed until butter is the size of small peas, about 5 minutes. Add egg; mix until ingredients come together to form a dough.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out dough to just thicker than 1/8 inch. Brush off excess flour; transfer dough to a 10-inch tart pan with a removable bottom. Press dough into bottom and up sides of pan; trim excess flush with edge. Lightly prick bottom of dough all over with a fork. Chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Bake shell until firm, about 15 minutes. Immediately sprinkle chocolate over bottom of shell; smooth with a spatula.

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 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.