Chocolate-Hazelnut Banana Tart

Serves 12
Time 2 hrs 30 min

This tart is decadent but not overly sweet. Chocolate, hazelnuts, bananas: Who can resist this combo?

Special Diets:

VegetarianVegetarian

Ingredients

    Crust
    3/4 cuptoasted hazelnuts
    2 cupscrumbled graham crackers
    6 tablespoonsunsalted butter, melted
    Filling
    1/3 cupheavy cream
    8 ouncesbittersweet (not unsweetened) chocolate, chopped
    2 tablespoonshazelnut liqueur, optional
    4firm bananas, divided
    2 tablespoonsapricot jam

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Method

For the crust, position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 325°F.


Grease a 9-inch tart pan.


Grind hazelnuts coarsely in a food processor.


Add graham crackers and process until fine crumbs form.


Add melted butter and process until crumbs begin to stick together.


Spread crumbs in the tart pan and press evenly over the bottom and up the sides of the pan.


Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until firm and cooked through.


Cool crust on rack.


For the filling, bring cream to a simmer in a heavy medium saucepan.


Remove from heat.


Add chocolate and whisk until smooth.


Whisk in liqueur.


Slice two bananas thinly and arrange them over the bottom of the tart shell.


Pour chocolate filling over the banana slices.


Refrigerate until filling is firm, at least 2 hours.


Remove the tart from the refrigerator.


Slice remaining two bananas thinly and arrange on top of the chocolate filling. serve.


Melt apricot jam in small saucepan over low heat.


Brush banana slices with jam.

Nutritional Info

Serving Size

1 slice

Calories

330

Total Fat

23g

Saturated Fat

10g

Cholesterol

25mg

Sodium

5mg

Total Carbohydrate

33g

Dietary Fiber

4g

Total Sugars

19g

Protein

4g

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