Chocolate cream strawberry tart
8 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| Pastry for one crust 9-inch pie | ||
| ¼ | cup | Sugar |
| 3 | tablespoons | All-purpose flour |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | cup | Milk |
| 4 | Egg yolks | |
| 1 | pack | (6-oz) Nestle Toll House semi-sweet chocolate morsels |
| 2 | tablespoons | Butter |
| 2 | teaspoons | Vanilla extract |
| 2 | pints | Strawberries; washed and hulled |
| 2 | tablespoons | Strawberry jelly |
Directions
TART SHELL
PASTRY CREAM
Tart Shell: Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Fit pastry dough into 9-inch removable-bottom tart pan. Press dough firmly into bottom and sides of pan; trim edges. Line pastry dough with foil; weight with dried beans. Bake at 425 degrees for 10 minutes. Remove foil; bake additional 2-3 minutes. Cool completely. Remove from pan.
Pastry Cream: In medium saucepan, combine sugar, flour and salt. Gradually add milk. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils.
Boil 2 minutes, stirring constantly; remove from heat. Beat in egg yolks; return to heat and cook 1 minute longer. Remove from heat. Add Nestle Toll House semi-sweet chocolate morsels, butter and vanilla extract. Stir until morsels are melted and mixture is smooth. Place plastic wrap on surface of pastry cream. Chill 30 minutes. Stir; spread evenly into baked Tart Shell.
Arrange strawberries on top. In small saucepan over low heat, melt strawberry jelly. Brush over strawberries. Chill several hours. Let stand at room temperature 15 minutes before serving. Makes one 9-inch tart.
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