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Chocolate Orange Ganache Tartlets
A recipe for Chocolate Orange Ganache Tartlets! These small tartlets have a rich and decadent chocolate ganache filling with a hint of orange.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Additional Time
3 hrs 30 mins
Total Time
4 hrs 10 mins
Servings: 24 Tartlets
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
International
Ingredients
Pastry Crust:
- 2 cups (250 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup (65 grams) powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup (35 grams) almond flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 10 tablespoons (140 grams) unsalted butter chilled and diced
- 2 large eggs
Chocolate Orange Ganache Filling:
- 12 ounces (340 grams) dark chocolate chips or chopped
- 1 cup (240 milliliters) heavy cream
- 1 large orange zest
- 4 tablespoons (60 grams) unsalted butter diced
Instructions
To make the pastry crust:
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, powdered sugar, almond flour, and salt.
- Quickly cut in the cold butter using a dough blender, two forks, or your fingers until blended and no pieces are larger than a pea and the dough has a crumbly texture.
- Mix in the eggs to bring the dough together until smooth.
- Form the dough into a disc, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour or up to two days.
- Grease 24 tartlet cavities with butter.
- On a lightly floured surface or between two sheets of wax paper, roll the refrigerated dough into an even, thin circle about 1/8 inch (3 millimeters) thick.
- Cut out circles of dough using a cutter slightly larger than the width of the tartlet pans.
- Press each circle into the prepared pan. Bring together the scraps of dough and roll out again, then cut if needed to make more circles.
- Place the prepared tartlet pans in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 325˚F (160˚C).
- Cover each circle of dough in the pan with parchment and add pie weights or uncooked rice. Bake in the preheated oven until set and lightly golden, 12-15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and set aside for a few minutes before carefully removing the pie weights. Cool to room temperature before filling.
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To make the Chocolate Orange Ganache:
- Pour the cream into small saucepan over medium heat. Right before coming to a boil, remove from heat and add the dark chocolate. Allow to rest for 30 seconds to 1 minute before whisking until smooth.
- Stir in the orange zest, followed by the diced butter until melted and glossy.
- Divide the ganache among the cooled pastry crusts with a piping bag or a large spoon.
- Refrigerate the tartlets until chilled, 2 hours to overnight, before serving.