French Silk Tart

This French Silk Tart Recipe with an Oreo crust made the cut this year for the holidays, but it is easy enough for any time you need a luscious, decadent dessert!

A rich Chocolate Tart is the way to a chocoholic’s heart, and this is one of the richest, dreamiest versions of a Chocolate Silk Pie that you’ll ever make!

Why You Must Make

• This is the ultimate chocolate dessert! The filling is really rich and silky!
• I fell in love with French Silk Pie when we’d get treated to the Baker’s Square version as kids after family shopping trips to the metropolis of Des Moines, Iowa.
• Making this tart means no messing with a pastry crust!!

Once again, I’m reinventing the wheel. I don’t know how many iterations of a French silk pie I’ve actually made, but the crusts have varied from buttery pastry to pretzel to chocolate, the fillings have had raw eggs and cooked eggs, the sizes have varied from mini tarts to a standard-sized pie, and now to a 10-inch tart. My family just can’t get enough of French silk desserts. And a food blogger can’t make the same thing twice!

Ingredient Notes

This French Silk Tart was our bonus Thanksgiving dessert this year (besides the traditional Pumpkin Pie). The chocoholic hubby and offspring feel it is their inalienable right to have a second dessert, even though there are only 5 of us at the dinner table. I have to admit I couldn’t help snitching little slivers as I cut big slices after the main feast. This decadent chocolate tart will continue to be a mainstay holiday dessert!

• Kitchen Staples – Butter (Salted butter is OK since a bit of salt will enhance the flavor of desserts), Sugar
• Regular Oreos (affiliate link) – Processed to crumbs. You can remove the filling, but I’ve made successful Oreo crusts with the filling included.
• Unsweetened Chocolate (affiliate link) – Chop, then gently melt. I use short spurts in the microwave, stopping and stirring frequently until smooth.
• Vanilla Extract (affiliate link) – Use real vanilla extract. Make sure the label does not say artificially flavored for the tastiest results.
• Eggs – Make sure to pasteurize or buy pasteurized eggs if you’re serving this to the very young, very old, or anyone who is immunocompromised. Raw eggs may contain Salmonella bacteria, which can cause a food-borne illness. Simply Recipes has shared How to Pasteurize Eggs at Home on their website.
• Powdered Sugar (affiliate links)- Sift before using for very smooth whipped cream. Use a Handheld Sifter or Sieve.
• Whip It (affiliate links) – An optional ingredient you can add to the cream before whipping. It will stabilize the whipped cream so it doesn’t separate for 2-3 days. You can always use a Whisk to re-whip the cream if it separates.

Recipe Tips

• This French Silk Tart recipe calls for raw eggs. The uncooked eggs give the filling a most satiny texture, which is why this is no ordinary chocolate tart, but a French “silk” tart. Unfortunately, raw eggs can harbor Salmonella, a food-borne illness. I won’t go into details, but you definitely don’t want it, especially around the holidays. So it’s worth searching out some pasteurized eggs, especially if you’re feeding this to children or the elderly. Note: I’ve been eating raw cookie dough for decades and have never gotten salmonella, but it still pays to be cautious.
• Safest Choice Eggs have been difficult to find lately, so check out this post from Simply Recipes on How to Pasteurize Eggs at home.
• I like the ease of making an Oreo crust, but you can also make a pastry or graham cracker crust. Or buy a premade crust (you may have extra filling depending on the brand you purchase).
• If you don’t want to mess with piping stars to garnish the top of your tart, serve each slice with a dollop of whipped cream and chocolate shavings.
• To make chocolate shavings, use a Vegetable Peeler (affiliate link) to “peel” shavings from a chocolate bar. Gently warming your chocolate may make it easier to shave, but do this slowly with a couple of 5-second increments in your microwave.
• Due to the eggs in the filling, make sure to slice, serve, and promptly return the leftovers to the refrigerator.

How to Make

Frequently Asked Questions

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The Recipe:

French Silk Tart

Prep Time 30 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Yield 8 servings

A rich, satiny chocolate filling in an Oreo tart shell!

5.0 Stars (58 Reviews)

Ingredients

Oreo Crust:

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• 32 Regular Oreos, processed to crumbs
• 6 tablespoons butter, melted

Filling:

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• ½ cup butter, at room temperature
• ⅔ cup sugar
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs, pasteurized recommended

Topping:

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• 1 cup heavy cream
• ¼ cup powdered sugar, sifted for the smoothest whipped cream
• 1 packet Whip It (whip cream stabilizer), optional
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Chocolate shavings, optional, to garnish

Instructions

1. To make the crust, mix Oreo crumbs and melted butter until well combined.
2. Pat into the bottom and up the sides of a 10-inch tart pan. Freeze for about 10 minutes.
3. In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar for about 2 minutes, till light and fluffy.
4. With the mixer running, gradually add the melted chocolate and the vanilla.
5. Add eggs, one at a time, beating at medium speed for 5 minutes after each addition.
6. Pour the filling into the cooled crust. Loosely cover with plastic wrap, and cool in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.
7. Whip one cup of heavy cream, adding powdered sugar, Whip It (if using), and vanilla to taste. Pipe stars of whipped cream over the surface of the tart, or just spread the cream over the surface.
8. Garnish with chocolate shavings if desired.

Notes

To make chocolate shavings, very gently warm a bar of semi-sweet chocolate in the microwave. With a vegetable peeler, scrape the sides of the bar to make shavings.

This dessert contains raw eggs so you may not want to serve it to young children or the elderly due to the chance of salmonella.

If you don't want to pipe the whipped cream on the surface of the pie, just serve it with dollops of sweetened whipped cream.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1 slice
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 642Total Fat: 45gSaturated Fat: 25gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 134mgSodium: 368mgCarbohydrates: 57gFiber: 3gSugar: 40gProtein: 5g

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