Chocolate Tahini Tart
Please meet this luxuriously decadent and sophisticated chocolate tahini tart with a pretzel crust that’s easy to make and divine to eat!
Ingredients
Pretzel Crust
- 1 1/2 cups pretzels
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar
Filling
- 10 ounces dark chocolate pieces morsels, chips or squares all work
- 2/3 cups tahini
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup sweetener of choice can be honey, maple syrup, date syrup, agave or sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch kosher salt
- pinch flaky sea salt
Tahini Swirl
- 2 tablespoons tahini
- 2 tablespoons cream
- 1 tablespoon sweetener of choice can be honey, maple syrup, date syrup, agave or sugar
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 F degrees. In the bowl of a food processor, add pretzel, and pulse small crumbs begin to form. Add brown sugar and melted butte and pulse some more, until all mixed together. Transfer mixture to a 9-inch tart pan, pressing into bottom and up sides.
- Bake pretzel crust until set, 10-15 min and let cool completely.
- Combine the chocolate, tahini, and kosher salt in a medium bowl.
- Heat the cream, vanilla and sweetener of your choice in a small saucepan over medium heat. Once it starts to simmer, remove it from the heat and immediately pour it over the chocolate and tahini. Let it sit for a minute or two to melt the chocolate.
- Using a spatula, mix until well blended and no bits of chocolate remain. Get that elbow grease in there! Use quite a bit of elbow grease here — really commit! After a minute or two, the mixture should look thick, glossy, and well mixed.
- Immediately pour the filling into the cooled crust and smooth the top.
- Whisk cream, tahini and sweetener of your choice and swirl with a spatula on top and sprinkle with flaky salt (or other desired toppings). Let sit for at least 1 hour before slicing.
Notes
- Not all tahini is created equal. Use the best possible tahini you can get!
- Not all chocolate is created equal either. Get the good stuff!
- Really commit with that elbow grease to get that smooth, glossy, emulsified chocolate finish. For a big cheat, throw in all in the vitamix to do that work for ya.