Lately all I’ve wanted to eat is soft, chocolate-flavoured fillings. If those tarts were in my kitchen I don’t know if I’d even make it to the crust.

Oh my. I can’t decide which look tastier - the cooked tarts or the precooked ones

I vacillate between Mexican and Italian chocolate as favorites. So while I used Mexican for my SHF entry (which is all about sweet-making failure), immediately after doing the write up, I ate some Caffarel chocolate/hazelnut bites and felt much better.

I can’t wait for you to make this tart your own and share the recipe! Looks amazing!

I’ll have to try some Amedei. It was quite expensive in Japan, so maybe I can find some here in Hawaii. Your tarts look amazing!

I can certainly understand how hard these would have been to make…I think I would have been hard pressed not to eat the chocolate first too. Imagine what they taste like…holy moly…I would so love a bite of your tarts! Fantastic Ivonne!

Chocolate - hmmmnn! Baking with chocolate is a lot of fun and when I am doing it with my son need to be careful that we have enough for the recipe LOL! These look incredible Ivonne.

Amedei makes so GOOOOOD chocolate!
Wonderful choice!

Ivonne,
I think the investment paid off - these tarts are gorgeous!

Have you tried the chocolate from Soma in the Distillery District? It is incredible!

Those tarts look absolutely luscious…I love dark chocolate! Oh please hurry and make it your own so that we may have the recipe

I’ll have to be on the lookout for that chocolate. Your tarts look delicious. Great picture!

I was lucky enough to be given a block of Amedei chocolate last year and I used it to bake a flourless chocolate cake, it taste great! Thanks for the write-up on Amedei’s history, now I know why it’s so expensive. Btw, your chocolate tart looks so delicious, any leftover?

Sometimes I think I should consider myself lucky that there aren’t more expensive chocolates where I live because I think I would be tempted to try them all and bankrupt myself in the process. But then I think about it some more and realize that no, I’d rather be bankrupt and full of chocolate.

I’m looking forward to finding this chocolate! I’m going to check out the Food + Wine article now.

Well if they tasted half as good as they looked then all is good and right with the world!

Thanks for the head’s up on the chocolate.. I have never ate Italian chocolate before. I’m even a lil surprised to hear that it exists! Headed to the website now.
xoxo

I would love to have that right now with a cup of strong coffee. It looks perfect and I like the simplicity–so that the chocolate really shines thriough. Wonderful!

Oh yes…chocolate!

I.NEED.Some!

Great chocolate is aboslutely necessary when it is the star if the party (IMO). Great entry!

I have never experimented with other exotic/expensives chocolates… just Ghiradelli, and this post has inspired me too do so. This weekend I made choclate mousse, and that might be a vehicle with which to experiment with alternative chocolates…mmmm.
I wish you had posted the recipe, but perhaps this will be motivation to find Logbothom’s cookbook for myself!

Never heard of amedei, need to look into it! Your chocolate tarts look so decadent I feel like picking it up with my hands and taking a big bite out of it.

I agree — they look fabulous. If you can’t wait for Cream Puff’s variation, you can find the recipe on-line as I did by googling the title. In fact the creator has posted a correction to the recipe on her website. I look forward to seeing your tweaks — I love how you explain what you have done. Thanks, Pink

Wow, that looks heavenly. Thanks for recommending another great book. I am going to order it right away. Chocolate is my number one favorite thing to eat!

I am curious about what you thought of using such a high end chocolate for baking. While I adore those types (amedei,slitti,domori) hand to mouth, I thought that their subtleties might get lost… I may be ignorant since i know generally it is good to use the best ingredients you can afford

Yum! Those chocolate tarts look amazing! I’m so excited to look for Amedei chocolate - I’ve never tried it before but after reading your post I’m anxious to get my hands on some!

my eyes are shut and my mouth is watering-great job!

What else in the world is worth selling a kidney for than chocolate? (OK, maybe red wine. Maybe.)

And I LOVE those pans. Where from?

I’ve never heard of this chocolate, but now I’ll go looking for it. Thanks!

oh god those look good!

Looks oh so very good. I’m bummed that I was too busy to participate this time around.

Che meravigli!!!

Gorgeous tarts - the sheen on the unbaked tarts is positively stunning!

Hu!! Era la cioccolata che ti volevo mandare dall’Italia… Hai letto la mia email di risposta? Fammi sapere

Fantastic! I’m happy to learn of this Italian chocolate. I’ll certainly keep an eye out for it.

Oh how I’ve missed your delicious posts! I’ve got me some serious catching up to do!

This may be the perfect chocolae tart (and it’s a mistake!).

I’ve heard about Amedei before. I’ve looked into buying it too, but I’m not sure if I can be bothered ordering it at that price. I’ve got some 85% Lindt in anyway (yeah for Duty Free!)

Amedei - that’s the good stuff baby! Glad it’s being put to delicious use by you (of course!)

Yvonne, your tart looks exceptional. There’s nothing quite as soul-satisfying as dark chocolate. By the way, I seem to recall seeing Amedei chocolate at the St. Lawrence Market — Scheffler’s Deli, I think — and at Soma Chocolates in the Distillery district.

only one word is enough: MIAM

This looks delectable! Will have to try!

Yum, I want (need!) some of those smaller tarts pans, can I ask what size?
I also like the idea of toasted walnuts in the crust…mmmm!

Those look stunning!!!! and I love Amedei chocoate. Yum.

Oh dear, these look too good to be true! Hope all is well with you, Ivonne!

Delicious! I just purchased my first tart pan and can’t wait to start making some of these fantastic desserts!

ooohhh… so tempting!!! I have not any small tartlet tins yet, and bigger tin is way too much for two. lovely tarts! i always love choc tarts!

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