White Chocolate Cranberry Tart
- Cranberry Sauce:
- 1 1/2 cup cranberries
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- Tart Crust:
- (Makes two 10-inch tarts - we will only need one (1) for this recipe)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons butter, cold, cut into 10 pieces
- 2 whole eggs
- Beans for pie weights
- White Chocolate Filling:
- 12 ounces white chocolate chips, chopped
- 1 1/2 cups whipping cream
- Garnish:
- 2 tablespoons chopped pistachios
- fresh cranberries
- Cranberry Sauce:
- Place the cranberries, sugar, and water in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer.
- Continue to simmer for 10 minutes.
- Let completely cool and put in the fridge until ready to use.
- Tart Crust:
- Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a food processor and pulse a few times to mix.
- Add the butter and pulse until the butter is completely mixed in.
- Add the eggs and process until the dough forms a ball.
- Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface, divide the dough in half, and flatten each half into a disk.
- Cover with plastic wrap and let sit in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Prepare the crust by taking one of the pieces of dough from the refrigerator.
- Let sit at room temperature for 5 minutes.
- Flour your work surface and roll out the dough to about a 13-inch diameter disk.
- Line the tart pan with the dough, making sure it's flat against the bottom and the sides of the pan.
- Prick the bottom and sides of the dough with a fork and place uncooked beans on bottom of crust.
- Bake for 20 minutes, or until edges of crust are golden brown.
- Remove from oven and cool completely.
- Discard beans.
- In the meantime, prepare the filling.
- White Chocolate Filling:
- Combine white chocolate and cream in a microwavable bowl.
- Microwave on high for 1 minute. Stir.
- Continue to microwave for 1 more minute; stir until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is smooth.
- Set aside and let completely cool.
- Assemble the tart.
- Drain the cranberries of any excess juice.
- Spread the cranberry sauce on the bottom of the tart crust.
- Pour the white chocolate ganache over the cranberry sauce.
- Garnish with fresh cranberries and chopped pistachios.
- Refrigerate for 3 hours.
- Serve.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/white-chocolate-cranberry-tart-51532241 (may not work)