Chocolate, Almond, and Raspberry Tart
An elegant dessert featuring a chocolate cookie crust layered with almond paste, rich chocolate ganache, and fresh raspberries. The tart is finished with a kirsch-raspberry glaze and toasted almonds for a sophisticated combination of flavors and textures.
Ingredients
- •1¼ cups chocolate wafer cookies
- •5 tablespoons unsalted butter
- •6 ounces almond paste
- •6 ounces bittersweet chocolate
- •½ cup heavy whipping cream
- •3 baskets fresh raspberries
- •2 tablespoons seedless raspberry jam
- •2 teaspoons kirsch
- •¼ cup sliced almonds
- •ingredient info
- •1 piece tart pan
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine cookie crumbs and 5 tablespoons butter in medium bowl. Stir until crumbs are evenly coated and beginning to stick together. Press crumb mixture in thin even layer onto bottom and up sides of 9-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Bake crust until set and beginning to crisp, pressing with back of fork if crust puffs, about 15 minutes. Cool crust completely on rack.
15 min
- 2.
Sprinkle almond paste over crust. Gently press to even layer. Place chocolate in medium bowl. Bring cream to simmer in small saucepan. Pour cream over chocolate. Let stand 1 minute, then whisk until melted and smooth. Pour ganache evenly over almond layer. Chill tart until chocolate is cold and set, at least 4 hours and up to 1 day.
240 min
- 3.
Arrange raspberries, pointed side up, over top of tart. Stir jam and kirsch in small pan over low heat until blended and heated through. Brush glaze over berries. Sprinkle almonds around edge of tart. DO AHEAD: can be made 6 hours ahead. Chill uncovered.
20 min
- 4.
Using small sharp knife, loosen crust from pan sides. Push up pan bottom, releasing tart. Cut into wedges; serve cold.
5 min
