Five Decadent Chocolate Recipes for Valentine's Day

Flourless Dark Chocolate Souffle with Earl Grey Cream, The Artful Desperado

While it might seem trite to associate chocolate with Valentine's Day, in my eyes that is okay. What isn't there to love about a day that is filled with chocolate?  To inspire you, here are five decadent recipes laced with cocoa. Enjoy!

Chocolate Ganache Tart with Chocolate Olive Oil Crust, ROSE & IVY Journal , see recipe below

Chocolate, Chestnut and Caramel Pie, Jernj Kitchen

Double Chocolate Pudding, ROSE & IVY Journal 

Chocolate Passionfruit Tart, Dorian Cuisine

CHOCOLATE GANACHE TART WITH CHOCOLATE OLIVE OIL CRUST

For Crust:

2 1/2 cups flour

3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

2 tablespoons sugar

pinch of salt

2 eggs

4 tablespoons ice water

For Ganache:

14 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, coarsely chopped

2 cups heavy cream

1/2 teaspoon salt

Maldon sea salt for garnish

To make crust, place flour, olive oil, sugar, salt and eggs in a bowl. Mix together. Slowly add the eggs and water and form into a disk. Place into plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour. Once chilled place dough onto a flouredsurface. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Roll dough until it is 1/8 inch thick.  Gently lay onto a tart pan*. Poke holes into the bottom of crust. Bake for 15 minutes until crust is just set. Let cool completely.

For ganache, place heavy cream into a heavy-bottomed sauce pan and place chocolate into a bowl. Bring cream to a simmer. Pour over chocolate and let set for 5 minutes, then whisk together and add salt. Pour into cooled tart shell and refrigerate until set. Let come to room temperature before serving. Sprinkle generously with sea salt.

*Tart pan sizes can vary. This recipe can make one large tart recipe or 4

*Photography & Styling by Alison