How to cook french chocolate tart inspired by payard

Sift flour, 1 1/4 cup of powdered sugar and salt into a bowl

Place butter into a processor and blend for 30 seconds max until into a paste

Add flour mixture and an egg then mix .. Do not over mix

It should look like this.. if it's too runny add a little more flour :)

Divide into 2 and wrap them with cling wrap (cling film, cellophane wrap what ever u may call it)

Chill for 2 hours

Leave stand for 30 mins to make it easier to roll

Butter 8 tartlet tins or will fit into a 9 1/2 tart pan I uses individual tins as I like to give everyone their own tart

Dust out a board with flour and roll out to about 1/4 inch thick

Line the tins with the pastry and trim around the edges to make the tartlets

Prick the bottom of the tarts with a fork and place in the fridge to chill for 20 mins

Preheat oven to 325f

I like to use 70% chocolate as I like to have a slight bitter taste as the pastry and the whipped cream will sweeten the tart but feel free to use 60% everyone has a different taste

Chop up the chocolate into small pieces

Place in a bowl and place to the side

Grab 3/4 cup of whipped cream and 1/2 cup of whole milk

Place into a pan

Boil on a medium high heat

When boiled place over the chocolate leave for 1-2 mins

Butter pieces of foil and place over the tart case/s

Add baking beans or pie weights on top so the pastry won't rise

Bake for 15 mins

Whisk the melted chocolate and the cream together

Then add an egg and whisk together

Whisk until it has become a chocolate filling :)

After the 15 mins take off the beans

Place back in the oven

8 mins for tartlets and 10 mins if your making an individual tart

Take out the tart cases and place to side

Add the chocolate filling not too filled as it starts to rise and u don't want it to rise over the top

Place back in the oven for 12 mins for tartlets and 15 mins if you are making an individual tart

Remove from oven u should get a sheen on the top of each tart and slightly firm to the touch

Place in the fridge for 3-4 mins to cool down

After that you can take out of the pan and place onto the cooling rack for 15/20 mins

Grab the rest of your whipped cream

Place in a bowl and add vanilla extract

Add the rest of the powdered sugar about 1/4 cup

Whisk up until thick does take some time if beating by hand I would advise using an electric whisk but I wanted to build muscles so did manually

To make chocolate shavings I ran the knife down a chocolate bar at a 45 degree angle and it gave me thin shavings

Place a tart on a plate place 1 spoon of whipped cream on top then drop some shavings serve to your hungry guests .. Well if u want to share that is .. :) please enjoy