(Update 3/12/12: I had a mini-tart made from leftover dough and filling, and tipping a tablespoon of the rum in the cream before whipping gives it the needed oomph!)
You can halve the recipe like I did, since I have only one of those tart pans. When halving recipes, there's always a dilemma like "how do I halve 3 egg yolks?" I went with one egg yolk and the whole tablespoon full of rum, and the recipe seems forgiving. It takes some time to make all the components, but your reward will be sweet. If you want to go an easier and more chocolatey route, I highly recommend this Chocolate Cream Pie.
For a primer on making chocolate curls, I like Pioneer Woman's how-to post. I started out with just chocolate, and it kept shattering instead of curling. I couldn't believe it, since this wasn't my first time making them. Maybe because my new place is so dry? After repeated attempts, I threw my hands up and told Joe I was ready to down the airplane-sized bottle of rum I bought just for this recipe. He told me to go for it. Anyway, I thought there was something to the Pioneer Woman using shortening in her chocolate curls, but shortening creeps me out and I didn't have any. So I used a pat of butter, and lo and behold the chocolate curled!
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