Cakes and Pastries Recipes - Chocolate and Pink Sugared Tartlets Recipe

Ingredients

Serves 4:

• 7 1/4 oz (200g) shortbread dough (refer recipe)

• 3/4 oz (20g) butter

• 4 1/2 oz (130g) dark chocolate

• 5 eggs

• 1 cup (25 cl) cream

• 3 1/2 oz (100g) sugar

• 8 1/2 oz (250g) pink sugared almonds

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 390°F/200°C.

2. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 118 inch (3 mm) and line greased tartlet tins with it. Bake blind for 10 min.

3. Melt the chocolate over a double boiler.

4. In another bowl, combine the eggs, cream, sugar, and crushed sugared almonds. Stir this mixture into the melted chocolate.

5. Lower the oven temperature to 300F/150C. Fill the tartlet bases with the chocolate and sugared almond cream. Bake for another 10 min.

6. Serve hot or cold.