Recipe: Chocolate Linzer Tart

From: Mere,.CA

Chocolate Linzer Tart
Woman's Day, 2/18/97

Prep: 40 minutes - Bake: 55 minutes

Store in refrigerator up to 2 days or wrapped airtight and frozen for up to 1 month. Bring to room temperature before serving.

1/2 cup hazelnuts, toasted
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
3 tablespoons ice water
1 jar (12 ounces) seedless raspberry jam*
4 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped*
garnish: fresh raspberries and mint leaves

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Have ready a 9-inchround or heart-shaped fluted tart pan with removable bottom.

Pulse nuts with 1/2 cup of the flour in a food processor until nuts are finely ground. Add remaining flour, the sugar, cocoa and salt and pulse until blended. Add butter and pulse until coarse crumbs form. Drizzle with water and pulse just until dough looks evenly moistened (it will be crumbly).

Remove blade, then dough. Gather into a ball and divide in half. Roll half the dough between 2 sheets of waxed paper into a 9-inch square. Transfer to a cookie sheet and remove top sheet of paper. Place cookie sheet in freezer 15 minutes.

Meanwhile pat the other half of dough evenly over bottom and up sides of tart pan. Spread jam over bottom, then sprinkle with chocolate.

Invert chilled dough onto a cutting board and peel off paper. Cut into 1/2 inch wide strips. Arrange about 8 strips, evenly spaced, across filling, trimming and pressing strips together to fit. Too with 8 more strips, forming a lattice pattern. Press ends to edge of bottom crust.

Bake 50 to 55 minutes until filling is bubbly and top is set (dough firms up as it cools). Remove pan to wire rack to cool completely.

To serve: Remove pan sides by placing center of pan on a small sturdy bowl and letting pan slides drop down. Garnish tart with berries and mint.

*Note: I have used Comstock Raspberry Pie Filling in place of the jam and liked it better. It's kind of hard to find though. Also, when I was in a hurry I used chocolate chips in place of chopped chocolate. Worked just fine!