Recipe: Chocolate-Raspberry Tartlets

A great recipe that puts chocolate and raspberry together. Yummy goodness!

Crust:

• 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract

Filling:

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 tbsp. cornstarch
• 12 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 6 tbsp. (3/4 stick) unsalted butter
• 2 large eggs
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1 tsp. Grand Marnier or other orange liqueur (optional)
• 6 tsp. raspberry jam
• 1 6-ounce container fresh raspberries

Sweetened whipped cream

For the crust: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter bottoms and sides of six 4 1/2-inch diameter tartlet pans with removable bottoms. Sift flour, cocoa powder, and salt into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter and sugar in large bowl until light and creamy. Add egg and vanilla; beat until smooth. Add flour mixture and beat at low speed just until dough forms. Shape dough into 6-inch-long log, then cut log crosswise into 6 equal rounds. Chill for an hour. Roll out each dough round on lightly floured surface to six-inch round. Press 1 round over bottom and up sides of each prepared pan, folding edges to form double-thick sides. Pierce crusts with fork. Refrigerate until cold, about 30 minutes. Bake crust until set around edges, about 8 minutes. Cool in pans on rack.

For filling: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift sugar and cornstarch into small bowl. Stir chocolate and butter in top of double boiler over simmering water until melted and smooth. Remove from over water. Stir in cornstarch mixture. Whisk eggs and egg yolks to blend in medium bowl; stir into chocolate mixture. Mix in Grand Marnier, if desired.

Spoon 1 tsp. jam into center of each prepared crust. Arrange raspberries in crusts dividing equally and spacing evenly. Spoon chocolate mixture over berries. Bake until filling puffs around edges, about 28 minutes. Cool 10 minutes.

Carefully remove pan sides from tartlets. Place tartlets on plates. Spoon sweetened whipped cream along side each tartlet and serve warm.