Chocolate Almond Cream Cheese Tart
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 1/2 cups mint cookie crumbs
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 9 inch tart pan or pie pan
- 3/4 cup toasted slivered almonds
- 4oz dark chocolate broken into 1/2 inch bits
- 8oz cream cheese
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon coffee flavored liquor
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Place butter, crumbs and sugar in blender jar and cover jar with lid. Push On, then push Medium /Blend process until well blended. Remove crumb mixture from jar and place in tart pan. Press mixture evenly into pan bottom and sides. In a clean jar place almonds and push Food Chop.
- When cycle is done remove almonds and set aside. Add chocolate, cheese, 1/2 cup sugar, egg yolks, cream, and liquor to jar and cover jar with lid. Push Food Chop and process to the end of cycle. Then push Max Pulse 3 or 4 times until well blended. Pour mixture into the prepared pan. Press almonds on top of cheese mixture and sprinkle with 1tablespoon of sugar.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes (until set).
