Description
A delicious and devilishly simple tart that will make you the star of the dinner party.
Ingredients
Scale
For the tart crust:
- 10 snicker doodle cookies
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 2 tsp orange zest (if there is none in the cookies)
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
For the filling:
- Juice of 2 large oranges
- Zest of one orange
- Juice of half a small lemon
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp honey
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 cup butter, room temperature
Instructions
Fort the crust:
- Grease an 8 inch tart pan. Keep aside.
- Pulse the cookies in a blender till it starts resembling bread crumbs.
- In a large bowl add cookie crumbs, cinnamon and orange zest.
- Add butter and using a spatula mix with the cookies till it starts looking like wet sand.
- Transfer into the greased tart pan and press using your fingertips to evenly spread the mixture in the pan. You can use a small bowl, a ramekin or the back of a glass to help press the mixture properly.
- Refrigerate for 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven at 350F.
- Bake the tart crust for 12 minutes. Take out from the oven and cool completely.
- Add a layer of dark chocolate ganache in the cooled tart shell.
For the filling:
- In a large bowl add butter and sugar. Cream till it turns pale. You want to pick a bowl that’s heat proof because you will cook the filling mixture on a double boiler in this same bowl.
- Add eggs one at a time and continue to whisk.
- Add honey, orange juice & zest and lemon juice. Continue to mix for a few minutes.
- Transfer to a double boiler and keep whisking slowly till the mixture turns thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. About 5 to 8 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and let it sit for 5 minutes before pouring it into the cooled tart shell.
- Refrigerate the tart for 4 to 5 hours or till its chilled and the custard is set. Arrange fresh orange slices around the edge of the tart in a circular pattern. Serve cold!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 6 hours