Mini Chocolate Silk Tartlets

Photo by Rens D / Unsplash

Crust Ingredients:

1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
½ cup unsalted butter, cut into small cubes and softened
3 tablespoons heavy cream

Crust Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven at 400°F. Lightly spray a 12-count cupcake tin.
  2. Whisk together the flour, salt, and sugar in a medium bowl or food processor bowl.
  3. Add butter, and blend together until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
  4. Add cream; stir until crumbs are damp and hold together.
  5. Divide mixture into 12 parts, and pat into 12-count cupcake tin covering bottom and sides of each cup.
  6. Bake in oven at 400°F oven until crust is golden for about 10 -12 minutes.
  7. Let cool completely before filling.

Filling Ingredients:

2/3 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon powdered sugar
Whipped cream for garnish

Filling Instructions:

  1. In a small saucepan, combine sugar and eggs until well-blended.
  2. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture reaches 160°F and coats the back of spoon.
  3. Remove from heat; stir in chocolate and vanilla until smooth.
  4. Cool to lukewarm about 90°F; stir occasionally.
  5. In a small bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy.
  6. Add cooled chocolate mixture; beat on high speed for 5 minutes until light and fluffy.
  7. In large bowl, beat cream until it begins to thicken.
  8. Add powdered sugar; beat until stiff peaks form.
  9. Fold in chocolate mixture.
  10. Pour evenly into crusts.
  11. Chill for 6 hours before garnishing and serving.

Makes 12 mini tartlets.

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Anna Gall

Anna Gall’s poetry and short stories are published in eMerge, Persimmon Tree, and Flapper Press as well as her poem, Seashells is included in the anthology Dairy Hollow Echo. Anna writes about her preoccupations in Balancing The Seesaw, a short collection of Haiku poems. Anna is a culinary professional. Her first full-length book is a memoir filled with original recipes, poems, and short stories. In edited form, publication is forthcoming. Anna lives in historic St. Charles, Missouri.

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