Practical...Shmaacktical! Day 15

Good evening Food Diary and Hungry Bloggers!

Writing to you live...from my bed...I am exhausted! It was yet another day of testing. On the plate for today's practical was Carrots Vichy, Green Beans with roasted peppers and bacon, Rice pilaf, and the fancy Pommes Duchesse. Today's practical was one of the easiest in terms of cooking! I was very confident about all the dishes we had to make...and it showed in my work! The written test on the other hand, I was not to sure about! I felt like I was guessing on quite a few answers (which makes me frustrated because I stayed up sooooo late studying!) Anyways, I wanted to pop on here and talk about the good stuff not so much the practical. This weekend my boyfriend Wes's Aunt came to town and we wanted to impress her with our cooking skills :) We made the most delicious Mexican dish ever!!! We went to food city and bought pre-marinated Carne Asada (If any of you live near a food city I highly recommend you try this...D-Lish!), and some fresh shrimp. When we got home with all of our goodies we grilled up the meat and shrimp...I made fresh refried beans, salsa infused rice, and tortilla chips...and Wes made his amazing guacamole...and we had a feast among all feasts!!! For dessert I made a Chocolate Tart with Oreo Crust and a fresh blackberry puree whip cream.


Here is the recipe!!!

Chocolate Tart with Oreo Crust
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup Milk
5 oz of chocolate chips
2 Tbs of sugar
1/4 tsp of salt
2 large eggs
2-3 cups of Oreo crumbles
2 oz butter

Turn your oven to 350 F


Crust:
1. take your Oreo crumbles and put them in a food processor to make them super fine.
2. Melt your butter and pour it into the Oreos.
3. with hands mix Oreos until combined with butter.
4. Pour mixture in a tart pan and flatten out and up the sides. Set aside.


Tart Filling:


1. Pour your milk and heavy cream into a sauce pot and bring to a light simmer (do not boil)
2. Once hot remove from heat and pour in your chocolate chips. Stir until the chocolate is completely melted.
3. Add sugar and salt and stir.
4. When completely mixed slowly pour mixture into the tart pan on top of the Oreo crust.
5. Place on a sheet tray and bake in the oven for 20 minutes. 
6. When finished let cool for 20 minutes on counter and then cool in refrigerator for 3 hours (or until cold)
7. Once chilled, cut and serve! you can top with fresh fruit, whip cream...whatever you want!

Hope you enjoy this delicious yet simple dessert!! Let me know how it comes out!!
Until next time!!

Cook on!!
- Chef Kass in Training!