I found this recipe on the inside of a box,... does it sound low carb enough?
Chocolate Tart
1/2 cup cream (3.5)
7 oz bittersweet chocolate (28)
1 large egg yolk (0)
7.5 oz creme fraiche (7)

whip creme fraiche and egg yolk and set aside. Bring milk to boil, stirring continuously. Turn off heat and add chocolate to milk
stir mixture until chocolate is melted. slowly add egg yolk mixture to chocolate mixture and stir until mixed. place mix in 9 in. pastry shell and place in preheated oven at 325F for 25 min. Remove and cool. Chill in fridge one hour before serving.
total carbs is 38.8 ECC for the entire recipe. Recipe serves 8 people, so that works out to 4.85 grams per serving.

I was thinking that you could omit an ounce or of chocolate if necessary, maybe 2 and substitute davinci chocolate syrup for taste.

What will you use for the pastry shell? It doesn't sound worth it to me. What about just making a nice chocolate mousse?

Well, I think 5 grams per serving is great for a low carb dessert but in my opinion, I don't think those ingredients add up to 8 servings. It just doesn't seem like enough ingredients to fill a 9" pie pan. :shrug: I don't know.

If you like chocolate and coconut, you might like my Triple C Torte. Here's the link to the recipe in the database.

Triple C Torte

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Marcie Lynn, how did I ever miss this recipe? It sounds absolutely delicious. Quick question: Can I run coconut through the processor to make the coconut flour? I've never seen or heard of that before. Thanks!

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Hi Catlady

Basically, coconut flour is sometimes called "macaroon coconut" because it's very fine and is used for making macaroons.

But yes, I don't see why you couldn't run it through the fp. I would make sure to use the pulsing feature and just pulse it for 1 second at a time until it has the right texture. You don't want to pulverize it.

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Thanks Marcie Lynn! The coconut I have is from Bob's Red Mill and says that it's medium cut so maybe I'll just give it a brief pulse or two. Knowing me, I would have pulverized the coconut to death, otherwise. I'm still getting the hang of the fp and have an unfortunate tendancy to run everything through at high speed.

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