White Chocolate Tartlets with Strawberries and Bananas
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup hazelnuts, toasted, husked
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 2 tablespoons (or more) ice water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 6 ounces good-quality white chocolate (such as Lindt or Bakers), finely chopped
- 3/4 cup chilled whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier or other orange liqueur
- 2 medium bananas, peeled, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1 1-pint basket strawberries
- Blend first 4 ingredients in processor until nuts are finely ground.
- Add butter; cut in using on/off turns until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Add 2 tablespoons ice water and vanilla; process until moist clumps form, adding more ice water by teaspoonfuls if dough is dry.
- Gather dough into ball.
- Divide into 6 equal pieces.
- Flatten each into disk.
- Wrap each in plastic; chill 2 hours.
- (Can be made 2 days ahead.
- Keep chilled.
- Let dough soften slightly before continuing.)
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Press 1 dough disk evenly onto bottom and up sides of 4 1/2-inch-diameter tartlet pan with removable bottom.
- Pierce crust all over with fork.
- Repeat with remaining 5 dough disks.
- Freeze crusts until firm, about 20 minutes.
- Bake crusts until golden and baked through, about 25 minutes.
- Remove from oven.
- Immediately sprinkle bittersweet chocolate over bottom of hot crusts, dividing equally.
- Let stand until chocolate melts, about 5 minutes.
- Using back of spoon, spread chocolate over bottom of crusts.
- Chill until chocolate sets, about 10 minutes.
- Stir white chocolate in top of double boiler set over barely simmering water until just melted and smooth.
- Remove top of double boiler from over water.
- Cool white chocolate to room temperature.
- Beat cream and liqueur in medium bowl until soft peaks form.
- Fold cream mixture into melted white chocolate in 3 additions.
- Divide filling among tartlet crusts; smooth tops.
- Chill until filling is set, about 4 hours.
- (Can be made 1 day ahead.
- Cover loosely with foil; keep chilled.)
- Gently toss banana slices and orange juice in bowl.
- Transfer banana slices to paper towels; pat dry.
- Alternate banana slices and strawberry slices in circle atop tartlets, overlapping.
- (Can be prepared 2 hours ahead.
- Chill.)
flour, hazelnuts, sugar, salt, butter, water, vanilla, bittersweet, white chocolate, chilled whipping cream, grand marnier, bananas, orange juice, basket strawberries
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/white-chocolate-tartlets-with-strawberries-and-bananas-103302 (may not work)