Best Raspberry Velvet Tart Recipes

RASPBERRY VELVET TART

Steps:

• For Crust:.
• Mix flours and sugar in large bowl.
• Add butter and cut in until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Beat yolk with cream to blend.
• Pour over flour mixture and stir until dough comes together, adding water to bind dough, if necessary.
• Gather dough into ball, flatten into disk, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Let dough soften slightly before continuing.).
• Roll dough out on lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch-thick round.
• Roll dough up on rolling pin and transfer to 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom.
• Trim and finish edges; refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line pastry with foil or parchment and fill with beans or pie weights.
• Bake 15 minutes; remove beans and foil and continue baking crust until golden brown, about 15 minutes.
• Cool crust completely on wire rack.
• For Filling:.
• Melt white chocolate in top of double boiler over simmering water, stirring until smooth.
• Mix in cream and butter; remove from over water.
• Distribute raspberries evenly over bottom of prepared crust, reserving a few for garnish.
• Pour chocolate mixture over, filling crust completely.
• Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
• (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour before serving.
• Arrange leaves and reserved berries decoratively atop tart.
• Sift powdered sugar lightly over and serve.
• For White Chocolate Leaves:.
• Melt white chocolate in top of double boiler over simmering water, stirring until smooth.
• Spread in thin layer over veined undersides of leaves, being careful not to drip on edges.
• Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Gently peel off leaves, starting at stem end.
• (Can be prepared 1 week ahead. Cover airtight and refrigerate.).

RASPBERRY VELVET TART

Steps:

• Mix flour and sugar in medium bowl until blended. Cut in 1/2 cup butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add vanilla; mix well. Press onto bottom and 1-inch up side of 9-inch springform pan or tart pan with removable bottom. Refrigerate 30 min. Heat oven to 425ºF. Bake crust 10 min.; cool completely.
• Reserve 1/2 oz. chocolate for garnish. Chop remaining chocolate; place in medium microwaveable bowl. Add cream and remaining butter; microwave on HIGH 2 min. or until chocolate is almost melted, stirring every minute. Stir until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended.
• Reserve a few raspberries for garnish. Spread remaining raspberries onto bottom of crust; cover with chocolate mixture. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm. Meanwhile, make curls from reserved chocolate (see Tip); refrigerate until ready to use.
• Run knife around tart to loosen from rim of pan; remove rim. Let tart stand at room temperature 30 min. before serving. Garnish with reserved raspberries and chocolate curls.

RASPBERRY VELVET TART

Steps:

• For crust: Mix flours and sugar in a large bowl. Add butter and cut in until mixture resembles coarse meal. Beat yolk with cream to blend. Pour over flour mixture and stir until dough comes together, adding water to bind dough if necessary. Gather dough into ball. Flatten into disc. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate 30 min. (can be prepared 1 day ahead. Let dough soften slightly before continueing). Roll dough out on lightly floured surface to 1/8" thick round. Roll dough up on rolling pin and transfer to 9" tart pan, with a removeable bottom. Trim and finish edges. Refrigerate crust for 30 min. Preheat oven to 350F. Line pastry with foil and fill with dried beans or pie wieghts. Bake 15 min, remove beans and foil and continue baking until golden brown, about 15 min. Cool completely on wire rack. For Filling: Melt chocolate in top of double boiler over simmering water, stirring until smooth. Mix in cream and butter. Remove from over water. Distribute raspberries evenly over bottom of crust, reserving a few for garnish. Pour chocolate over, filling crust completely. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour (can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Let stand at room temp. before serving) Arrange leaves and reserved raspberries decoratively atop tart. Sift powdered sugar lightly over and serve.