Chocolate, Quince And Hazelnut Tartlets
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 6 tbsp (3/4 stick) cold unsalted butter, chopped
- 1 None egg yolk
- 5 oz semi-sweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 1/3 cup light cream
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter
- 4 oz quince paste
- 1/4 cup hazelnuts, toasted and coarsely chopped
- For the pastry, process sifted flour, cocoa powder, powdered sugar and butter in food processor until crumbly. Add egg yolk and enough iced water (about 1 tbsp) until ingredients just come together when processed. Knead dough on floured surface until smooth. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate 30 mins.
- Grease two 12-cup mini muffin pans with butter. (Capacity of each cup is 1 1/2 tbsp.) Roll rounded teaspoons of pastry into balls; press into bottom and side of each cup. Prick pastry all over with fork. Refrigerate 30 mins.
- Preheat the oven to 350u0b0F. Bake tart crusts for 10 mins.
- Meanwhile, stir chocolate, cream and butter in small heatproof bowl over small saucepan of simmering water until smooth. Cool 15 mins.
- Soften quince paste in microwave on MEDIUM (75%) for about 20 seconds.
- Divide quince paste among each tart crust. Top with half of the nuts. Top with chocolate mixture, then remaining nuts. Refrigerate 1 hour.
flour, cocoa, powdered sugar, cold unsalted butter, egg yolk, semisweet chocolate, light cream, butter, quince paste, hazelnuts
Taken from recipes-plus.com/api/v2.0/recipes/32540 (may not work)