Chocolate Salted Caramel Tart
A truly decadent dessert with a buttery shortbread crust, a gooey salted caramel filling, and a rich dark chocolate ganache topping.

60 minTime
HardDifficulty
10 servingsServings
FrenchCuisine
Vegetarian
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Ingredients
- All-purpose flour for crust1.5 cups
- Unsalted butter, cold0.5 cup
- Sugar for caramel1 cup
- Heavy cream1 cup
- Sea salt1 tsp
- Dark chocolate, chopped200 g
Instructions
- Prepare the crust by pulsing flour and cold butter in a food processor. Press into a tart pan and bake at 180°C (350°F) for 20 minutes until golden. Let it cool.
- Make the salted caramel by melting sugar in a saucepan until amber. Whisk in warm heavy cream (be careful, it will bubble) and sea salt until smooth. Pour into the cooled tart shell and refrigerate.
- Make the ganache by pouring hot heavy cream over the chopped dark chocolate. Let it sit for 5 minutes, then stir until smooth.
- Pour the ganache over the set caramel layer.
- Refrigerate the tart for at least 4 hours until the ganache is firm.
- Sprinkle with a little extra sea salt before serving.
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