Treat to Try: Chocolate Passion Fruit Coconut Tart

 February 7, 2013 8:00 am  Anne Evans

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The Chocolate Passion Fruit Coconut Tart has only been on the menu at Pistacia Vera for a few weeks. As all of their items are, this tart is very beautiful. Planning on chocolates and flowers for Valentine’s Day this year? Upgrade to this chocolate dessert. Its base is a cocoa shortbread crust made with 70% chocolate ganache and toasted coconut. Next comes a delightful layer of passion fruit curd, then a thick layer of chocolate mousse. It’s topped with 11 raspberries (which guarantees you’ll get one with every bite), nestled on top of a bit of preserves and toasted coconut. On top rests and beautiful and delicious 1/2″ cube of Passion Fruit Pâte de Fruit and a little extra chocolate garnish.

The cocoa shell serves well as a neutral vessel for all of the flavors going on inside it. The mousse is a rich and creamy chocolate. When bits of passion fruit pop through they provide a nice tropical flavor. These tarts are three inches across and an inch tall and are sold for $6, or you can get a larger version for $35.

Pistacia Vera is located in German Village at 541 South 3rd Street Columbus, OH 43215. Open daily from 7am to 7pm. Like them on Facebook.

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Anne Evans is the Co-Founder and Director of Operations for The Metropreneur and Columbus Underground. Her regular columns are At Home, focused on living in urban areas and historic homes, At Work, focused on working in urban areas and creative spaces, and Mega Weekend, plus whatever other Columbus stories there are that need to be told! Anne began the Historical Dinner Club in October 2013, an event benefiting the Columbus Historical Society. She also advocates for Columbus City Schools and actively works to improve the elementary school at Hubbard Avenue. Want to chat about any of these things? Send me an email!

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