Week Four – Chocolate Truffle Tarts

22 Jul 2013| Food

A little sweet flavour is introduced in our recipe challenge this week with Claudz and Simply Delicious.

Week Four – Chocolate Truffle Tarts

Ingredients:

Ingredients

for the crust

for the filling

for the glaze

Method:

Pre-heat the oven to 180′ and grease 8 mini tart cases.
To make the crust, crush the oreo biscuits in a food processor until they are very fine.
Add the melted butter and blend until the resemble damp sand.
Press the crust into the tart cases and place on a large baking sheet.

Oreo biscuit base

Place in the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly.
To make the filling – bring the cream to a simmer in a saucepan and pour over the chocolate. Allow to sit for 5 minutes before stirring until the chocolate is completely melted.

Chocolate filling

Add the vanilla extract and stir.
Beat in the eggs and mix well.
Pour the filling into the tart cases (pour through a sieve). Place the tart in the oven and allow to bake for 7-10 minutes until the edges are firm but the centre is still wobbly (it will continue setting as it cools).