Raspberry Linzer Tart
- 2/3 cup (packed)golden brown sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup ground toasted blanched almonds (about 2 1/2 ounces)
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips (about 1 cup)
- 1 1/2-pint basket raspberries
- 1/2 cup seedless raspberry jam
- Powdered sugar
- Lightly sweetened whipped cream
- Using electric mixer, beat sugar, butter and egg in medium bowl until creamy.
- Add flour, almonds, cinnamon, baking powder and salt; beat just until well blended.
- Measure 3/4 cup of dough; flatten into disk.
- Wrap in plastic; chill.
- Using floured fingertips, press remaining dough over bottom and up sides of 9-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom.
- Pierce dough in several places with fork.
- Chill at least 1 hour.
- (Can be made 1 day ahead.
- Keep chilled.)
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Bake crust until light golden, piercing with toothpick if crust bubbles, about 15 minutes.
- Transfer to rack and cool.
- Maintain oven temperature.
- Roll out chilled dough disk on generously floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness.
- Cut dough into stars, using 2-inch and 3-inch star cookie cutters.
- Transfer cookies to baking sheet.
- Bake until cookies are light golden, about 6 minutes.
- Transfer cookies to racks and cool.
- Maintain oven temperature.
- Melt chocolate chips in top of double boiler set over simmering water, stirring until smooth.
- Cool 5 minutes.
- Spread chocolate over bottom of crust.
- Arrange berries over chocolate, spacing evenly.
- Stir jam in heavy small saucepan over low heat until melted and smooth.
- Spoon jam over raspberries.
- Bake tart until crust is golden brown, about 35 minutes (filling will still appear slightly liquid but will set up as tart cools.)
- Transfer tart to rack and cool.
- Arrange stars atop tart, overlapping points.
- Dust with powdered sugar.
- Serve with whipped cream.
brown sugar, unsalted butter, egg, flour, almonds, ground cinnamon, baking powder, salt, chocolate chips, basket raspberries, seedless raspberry jam, powdered sugar, whipped cream
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/raspberry-linzer-tart-929 (may not work)