The Ink-Pot and the Palette

I could make little shells separately and dollop some of the ganache into them--but then they'd just be mini chocolate tarts, kind of, and my Big Idea here is "total enclosure." I was afraid of burning the chocolate, so I underbaked the cookie-dough. I've since learned that ganache can stand up to quite a bit of heat, so the shortbread part can be made crisper.

Trial number three continues tonight.