Vegan Chocolate Tart

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This vegan chocolate tart ganache recipe really hit the spot the other day. At first I was skeptical that the filling wouldn’t be as tasty with the use of coffee instead of heavy cream to cut the bittersweet chocolate, but it turned out great! I don’t miss the dairy at all. The shortbread crust recipe that accompanies the ganache over on the Notes on Conversation & Consumption blog isn’t vegan, so after a bit of Googling around I was able to use the general basic similarities in ingredients and steps to make my own:

Vegan shortbread crust:

  • 1/2 cup margarine
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 3/4 to 1 cup finely food-processed walnuts
  • ~1 to 2 cups flour

Preheat oven to 350 F. Cream margarine and sugar in a bowl with mixer whisk attachment or hand-held beaters until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and walnuts and mix a few seconds longer. Mix in flour by hand, 1/3 cup at a time, until dough sticks together and is slightly more moist than Play-Doh. Press into a two-piece tart pan and bake until edges are just barely starting to brown, ~20 minutes. Allow to cool, fill with ganache, and chill for an hour or two.

Tarts make a great portable holiday party treat because of their solid chilled mass and removable pan. They’re also great for entertaining because they can be made far in advance of your guests’ arrival.

4 thoughts on “Vegan Chocolate Tart

  1. DK says:

    I like that it’s vegan, but what I really love is that it is sooo incredibly easy to make gluten-free. Thanks!

  2. Fifivixen says:

    Wow! I made this chocolate espresso tart for my dinner party last Saturday. I was worried that the filling wouldn’t set as it seemed so runny etc. however the end result was absolutely amazing. The tart was delicious. All 13 of my non-vegan guests ate every morsel. Thank you so much for the recipe.

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Becky Stern is a Content Creator at Autodesk/Instructables, and part time faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts Products of Design grad program. Making and sharing are her two biggest passions, and she's created hundreds of free online DIY tutorials and videos, mostly about technology and its intersection with crafts. Find her @bekathwia on YouTube/Twitter/Instagram.

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