Chocolate Kahlua Tart is a decadent and impressive dessert that looks difficult but is actually very easy to make! You’ll love making this treat for Valentine’s Day or any special occasion.
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Chocolate is always a hit in my house and one our favorite dessert flavors! We love this walnut fudge recipe, blood orange olive oil brownies, or chocolate peanut butter lasagna, but when I want to make something a little bit fancy this Chocolate Kahlua Tart is the perfect dessert!
Ingredients
You’ll need a few baking staples and a few extra ingredients to make this delicious Chocolate Kahlua Tart!
All Purpose Flour – All purpose flour works best for this recipe.
Sugar – Regular white granulated sugar is perfect and a pantry staple for me!
Cornstarch – This helps make a delicious flaky crust.
Salt – This enhances the flavors when baking.
Butter – Melted butter adds a rich and decadent texture and flavor to the tart.
Olive Oil – Again it helps add richness and flavor!
Milk & Heavy Cream – A bit of milk in the crust and the heavy cream to make a rich chocolate filling.
Dark Chocolate – This recipe calls for dark chocolate rather than milk chocolate so be sure to get a good quality Dark Chocolate.
Kahlua – Of course, we’ll need some of this delicious liquer!
Vanilla Extract – I love making my own vanilla extract personally but if you don’t be sure to get real vanilla extract.
Flakey Sea Salt – A bit of flakey sea salt adds a pretty garnish.
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Equipment
You will need a tart shell to make your Chocolate Kahlua tart. Other items, include a mixing bowl and saucepan.
Making a Chocolate Kahlua Tart
While this may sound like a difficult recipe, it really is much easier than it looks and well worth the effort!
Preheat your oven to 350°F.
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cornstarch, and salt.
Add the melted butter, olive oil, and milk and stir until all the ingredients are well-combined and a crumbly dough forms.
Press the dough into your tart shell, starting from the sides and moving towards the center. The sides should be a bit thicker than the bottom. Using a fork, prick the bottom of the shellw ith a fork and place in the oven to bake until golden-brown and crisp, about 20-25 minutes.
Once the tart shell is golden brown, remove from the oven and allow to cool for a few minutes.
While the shell cools, add the dark chocolate and heavy cream to a medium saucepan over medium heat. While stirring frequently to prevent burning, allow the chocolate to melt. Once melted, remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract and Kahlua.
Pour the chocolate Kahlua filling over the baked tart shell and place the tart in the fridge to set for a few hours.
To serve, sprinkle with the flakey sea salt and enjoy!
Tips and Tricks
There are a few ways to garnish your Chocolate Kahlua Tart!
Try drizzling with melted white chocolate for a gorgeous contrast.
Add some fresh berries such as raspberries or strawberries for a pop of color.
Instead of making on large tart, try using individual tart shells.
Chocolate Kahlua Tart
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups All-purpose flour
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 2 Tablespoons cornstarch
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 7 Tablespoons butter melted
- 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
- 2 Tablespoons milk
- 11 oz dark chocolate broken into pieces
- 1 cup Heavy cream
- ¼ cup Kahlua
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Flakey Sea Salt optional to garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cornstarch, and salt.
- Add the melted butter, olive oil, and milk. Stir until all of the ingredients are well combined and a crumbly dough forms.
- Press the dough into your tart shell, starting from the sides and then moving to the center. The sides should be slightly thicker than the botttom.
- Use a fork to prick the bottom of the tart shell.
- Bake the tarrt shell until golden-brown and crisp, about 20-25 minutes.
- Remove the tart shell from the oven and allow to cool.
- While the tart shell cools, add the dark chocolate pieces and heavy cream to a medium sized saucepan and place over low heat.
- Stirring frequently to prevent burning, allow the chocolate to melt completely.
- Once the chocolate is melted, remove the pan from the heat and stir in the Kahlua and vanilla extract.
- Pour the chocolate Kahlua filling into the baked tart shell.
- Place the tart in the refrigerator to set for a couple of hours.
- Sprinkle with flakey sea salt and/or drizzle with melted white chocolate as garnish.
- Enjoy!
Conclusion
Whether your celebrating date night, Valentine’s Day or any other special occasion, this Chocolate Kahlua tart is the perfect impressive and decadent dessert! It’s delicious and makes a statement!
