French Chocolate Orange Truffle Tart

Make the Pastry - In a small bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, and salt.

Make the Pastry - Using a pastry cutter, large-tined fork, or a food processor on pulse setting, cut the chilled butter into the flour until it resembles coarse sand with a few pea-sized pieces of butter still visible.

Make the Pastry - Sprinkle the cold water onto the mixture and mix gently a few times, just until it forms a ball that holds together.

Make the Pastry - Separate the dough into 2 balls, flatten slightly into thick disk shapes, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill for a few hours before working with it.

Make the Pastry - Preheat the oven to 375 F.

Make the Pastry - Roll and trim the dough to make a circle large enough to fit a 10-inch fluted tart pan.

Make the Pastry - Fit the circle into the bottom and up the sides of the pan.

Make the Pastry - Line the dough with pie weights or dried beans and bake for 15 minutes.

Make the Pastry - Remove the pie weights and bake the shell for an additional 5 minutes.

Make the Pastry - Set aside the pastry shell, still in the tart pan, to cool.

Make the Chocolate Truffle Filling - In a small saucepan set over low-medium heat, bring the cream and orange zest to just simmering.

Make the Chocolate Truffle Filling - Remove it from the heat and stir in the chocolate, Grand Marnier, and vanilla until the mixture is smooth and the chocolate is completely incorporated.

Make the Chocolate Truffle Filling - Whisk a small amount of the hot chocolate cream into the beaten eggs.

Make the Chocolate Truffle Filling - Transfer the tempered egg mixture back into the hot chocolate cream and whisk the mixture until it is smooth.

Bake the Tart - Pour the orange chocolate filling into the prepared pastry and bake at 375 F for 18 to 25 minutes, until most of the filling is set and only the center jiggles slightly when the tart is moved.

Bake the Tart - Allow the tart to cool in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove the tart ring and chill the tart in the refrigerator before serving.

Bake the Tart - Slice and enjoy.