Recent raspberries, darkish chocolate and raspberry ganache, crispy golden pastry – mixed to make an irresistible little tart. This chocolate raspberry tart recipe is less complicated to make with store purchased pastry however we’ve included a recipe for pastry for bakers who prefer to go the entire hog within the kitchen! The ganache mixture of raspberry and chocolate is completely scrumptious and this cake actually delivers on the wow issue – each in appears and style!
Though chef advises to make use of a copper pan for the raspberries as is conventional, you need to use any non-reactive saucepan, similar to non-stick lined or seasoned stainless-steel – aluminium can have an effect on the style of cooked fruit.
SERVES 8
Preparation: 45 minutes
Resting: 20 minutes
Cooking: 40 minutes
Chilling: 2–3 hours
INGREDIENTS
Creamed candy quick pastry
1 stick (125 g) unsalted butter, softened
½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
1 egg
2 ¾ cups (250 g) cake flour
1 teaspoon (5 ml) salt
Ganache cream
½ lb. (225 g) raspberries, divided
¼ cup (50 g) granulated sugar
2 oz. (50 g) glucose
1 ⅔ cups (400 ml) whipping cream, min. 30% fats
7 tablespoons (100 g) unsalted butter
Scant ⅓ cup (70 ml) raspberry brandy or eau-de-vie
1 ¾ lb. (750 g) darkish chocolate, 64% cacao, chopped
Particular tools: a copper saucepan
METHOD
Put together the creamed candy quick pastry.
Place the butter, sugar, and egg within the bowl of a meals processor and cream collectively till clean. Sift the flour and add it with the salt to course of for 1–2 minutes additional, till clean. Take away from the bowl. Press down the dough with the palm of your hand, pushing it away from you, till the substances are totally blended. Chill, lined, for 20 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
Roll out the dough very thinly (about ⅛ in./3 mm) to kind a disk. Use your rolling pin to switch it from the working floor to the baking pan or circle: drape it around the pin after which unroll it over the tart mould. Make ornamental patterns across the edge. Prick the dough with a fork, line it with parchment paper, and fill with baking beans. Blind-bake for 20–25 minutes and permit to chill.
In a copper saucepan, cook dinner 3 ½ oz. (100 g) of the raspberries with the sugar and glucose. Deliver to a boil and go away to simmer for a couple of minutes. Add the cream and butter and convey to a boil once more.
Take away from the warmth and incorporate the raspberry brandy or eau-de-vie and the chopped chocolate. Combine till totally blended. Pressure by way of a high-quality mesh sieve and pour the ganache into the cooled tart shell. Depart within the fridge till set, about 2–3 hours. Garnish with the remaining raspberries and serve.
Extract from the fabulous The Full Ebook of French Cooking by Hubert Delorme and Vincent Boué (Flammarion, 2023).
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