White Chocolate Mousse and Berry Tart
- 1 1/2 cups unbleached all purpose flour
- 4 1/2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 3 egg yolks
- 3 ounces imported milk chocolate (such as Lindt or Droste), finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons creme de cassis liqueur
- 1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin
- 1 1/4 cups chilled whipping cream
- 7 ounces imported white chocolate (such as Lindt or Droste), chopped
- 1 1/2-pint basket fresh raspberries
- 2 1-pint baskets strawberries, halved
- 2 ounces imported white chocolate for curls (optional)
- Combine flour, sugar and salt in large bowl.
- Add butter and cut in using fingertips or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Beat egg yolks to blend in small bowl.
- Pour yolks over flour mixture and stir with fork to combine.
- Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk.
- Wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate 30 minutes.
- (Dough can be prepared 3 days ahead.
- Keep refrigerated.
- Let dough soften slightly at room temperature before continuing.)
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Roll out dough between sheets of waxed paper to 14-inch round (scant 1/4 inch thick).
- Peel off top sheet of waxed paper.
- Using second sheet of paper as aid, invert dough into 11-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom.
- Carefully press into pan.
- Trim and finish edges, patching any holes with scraps.
- Freeze until firm about 15 minutes.
- Line crust with aluminum foil and fill with dried beans or pie weights.
- Bake until sides are set, about 23 minutes.
- Remove beans and foil and continue baking until crust is golden brown, piercing bottom with toothpick if crust bubbles, about 12 minutes.
- Remove from oven.
- Immediately sprinkle chocolate over crust.
- Let stand until chocolate melts, about 4 minutes.
- Using back of spoon, carefully spread chocolate over bottom and up sides of crust.
- Cool.
- Measure 1 tablespoon creme de cassis liqueur into heavy small saucepan; sprinkle unflavored gelatin over and let stand 5 minutes to soften.
- Add 3/4 cup whipping cream and stir over low heat until gelatin dissolves.
- Add 7 ounces white chocolate and stir until melted and smooth.
- Transfer to medium bowl.
- Refrigerate until cool but not set, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes.
- Whip remaining 1/2 cup whipping cream in medium bowl until soft peaks form.
- Add remaining 2 tablespoons creme de cassis and whip until stiff peaks form.
- Fold whipped cream into white chocolate mixture.
- Fold in raspberries.
- Spoon filling into crust.
- Refrigerate until beginning to set, about 30 minutes.
- Arrange strawberries atop filling, cut sides down and points toward edge.
- To form optional white chocolate curls, slide vegetable peeler across white chocolate.
- Garnish tart with chocolate curls.
- (Tart can be prepared 6 hours ahead.
- Refrigerate.)
flour, sugar, salt, butter, egg yolks, milk chocolate, creme de cassis, unflavored gelatin, chilled whipping cream, white chocolate, raspberries, baskets strawberries, white chocolate
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/white-chocolate-mousse-and-berry-tart-1988 (may not work)