This next recipe is a favorite from Mallory Doyel, our Director of Communications, and she thinks you'll really enjoy it! It's a quick, delicious dessert to serve 6-8 of your closest friends. Don't forget to bring these friends to Chocolate Fest on October 20 to the Harrison Center!
Chocolate Fudge Tart
Ingredients:
flour for sprinkling
12 oz ready-made unsweetened pie dough
confectioners' sugar, to dust
1 1/4 cups golden granulated sugar
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
6 eggs, beaten
Filling
5 oz semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
6 oz butter, diced
Decorate
2/3 cup whipped cream
ground cinnamon
1.) Preheat the oven to 400F. Roll out the pie dough on a lightly floured counter and use to line an 8-inch/20-cm deep loose-bottom tart pan. Prick the dough base lightly with a fork, then line with foil and fill with pie weights (optional). Bake in the oven for 12-15 mins, or until the dough no longer looks raw. Remove weights and foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes, or until the dough is firm. Let cool. Reduce the oven temp to 350F.
2.) To make the filling, place the chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl and set over a pan of gently simmering water until melted (this can also be done in a microwave). Stir until smooth, then remove from the heat and let cool. Place the sugar, flour, vanilla extract, and eggs in a separate bowl and whisk until well blended. Stir in the butter and chocolate mixture.
3.) Pour the filling into the pastry shell and bake in the oven for 50 minutes, or until the filling is just set. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving with whipped cream sprinkled lightly with cinnamon.
4.) Enjoy!
No one can deny, this pie is sure to satisfy!
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Choco-Let's Meet More Vendors!
The Arts for Learning Chocolate Fest vendor list is growing and growing! Our 7 exciting new vendors will provide some of Indianapolis area’s best products and samples for our chocoholic attendees.
Abbott’s Also – Handmade delicious chocolates and caramels. Abbott’s is a family owned business with a candy factory and store in Hagerstown, Indiana. Lucky for us Indianapolites, Abbott’s also has a store located in the Clearwater Crossing Shopping Plaza.
Selling: Gismos (Turtles) made with their famous handmade caramel centers.
Endangered Species Chocolate – A chocolate vendor that gives back to local and global communities! Endangered Species creates premium natural and organic, milk and dark chocolate bars and gifts. Help support species, habitat and humanity while eating decadent treats.
Selling: 3 oz. Natural Chocolate bars – Milk Chocolate with Almonds, Dark 72% with Mint and Dark 72%
Hubbard and Cravens – Custom-roasting the most enchanting coffees and importing over 20 of the finest classic and rare teas from the East. Hubbard and Cravens is dedicated to providing its 5 neighborhood locations with the highest quality products.
Selling: The perfect coffee to compliment chocolate tasting.
Chef Joseph’s at the Connoisseur Room – Our wine vendor is voted one of the Top New Restaurants in Indianapolis Monthly for 2012! Chef Joseph’s renowned monthly wine dinners and live entertainment are sure to please.
Selling: Tastings of chocolate appropriate wines.
The Chef’s Academy - Committed to providing well-rounded, hands-on, career-focused education in the areas of culinary arts, pastry arts and hospitality and restaurant management. Arts for Learning is proud to host a local culinary school for Chocolate Fest.
Selling: TBD
Schakolad Chocolate Factory (pronounced shaq-oh-LAD) - One of the truly custom retail chocolate boutiques in the business. A three-generation European family-style recipe is used to create high-quality and beautifully designed chocolates.
Selling: Chocolate Lollipops and Truffles
Xchocol’Art – Take a journey through your taste buds! Organic, fair-trade, single origin chocolate tastes different than any other. Xchocol’Art will help you appreciate the unique taste and characteristics of bean-to-bar chocolate.
Selling: Zotter Organic Fair-Trade Chocolate, Xchocol’Art Organic Truffles, Mediants, Bars and other enticing delicacies.
Abbott’s Also – Handmade delicious chocolates and caramels. Abbott’s is a family owned business with a candy factory and store in Hagerstown, Indiana. Lucky for us Indianapolites, Abbott’s also has a store located in the Clearwater Crossing Shopping Plaza.
Selling: Gismos (Turtles) made with their famous handmade caramel centers.
Endangered Species Chocolate – A chocolate vendor that gives back to local and global communities! Endangered Species creates premium natural and organic, milk and dark chocolate bars and gifts. Help support species, habitat and humanity while eating decadent treats.
Selling: 3 oz. Natural Chocolate bars – Milk Chocolate with Almonds, Dark 72% with Mint and Dark 72%
Hubbard and Cravens – Custom-roasting the most enchanting coffees and importing over 20 of the finest classic and rare teas from the East. Hubbard and Cravens is dedicated to providing its 5 neighborhood locations with the highest quality products.
Selling: The perfect coffee to compliment chocolate tasting.
Chef Joseph’s at the Connoisseur Room – Our wine vendor is voted one of the Top New Restaurants in Indianapolis Monthly for 2012! Chef Joseph’s renowned monthly wine dinners and live entertainment are sure to please.
Selling: Tastings of chocolate appropriate wines.
The Chef’s Academy - Committed to providing well-rounded, hands-on, career-focused education in the areas of culinary arts, pastry arts and hospitality and restaurant management. Arts for Learning is proud to host a local culinary school for Chocolate Fest.
Selling: TBD
Schakolad Chocolate Factory (pronounced shaq-oh-LAD) - One of the truly custom retail chocolate boutiques in the business. A three-generation European family-style recipe is used to create high-quality and beautifully designed chocolates.
Selling: Chocolate Lollipops and Truffles
Xchocol’Art – Take a journey through your taste buds! Organic, fair-trade, single origin chocolate tastes different than any other. Xchocol’Art will help you appreciate the unique taste and characteristics of bean-to-bar chocolate.
Selling: Zotter Organic Fair-Trade Chocolate, Xchocol’Art Organic Truffles, Mediants, Bars and other enticing delicacies.
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