White Chocolate Tart with Raspberry Filling
Ingredients
Shortcrust pastry
- 220 g all-purpose flour
- 70 g sugar
- a pinch of salt
- 130 g butter, cold
- butter, for greasing the pan
- 1 egg yolk (medium)
- 200 g dried beans (for blind baking)
Raspberry filling
- 100 g white chocolate
- 500 g fresh raspberries
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3 sheets gelatin
Chocolate filling
- 150 g mascarpone
- 100 g heavy cream
- 1 vanilla pod
- 350 g white chocolate
Garnish
- fresh raspberries, for garnish
- grated white chocolate, for garnish
Preparation
Mix flour, sugar, and salt in a bowl
Add cold butter pieces and egg yolk
Knead quickly with hands to form a dough
Wrap the dough in foil and chill for 30 minutes
Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C convection)
Grease a 26 cm tart pan
Roll out the pastry thinly
Line the tart pan with the pastry
Trim the excess pastry at the edge with a knife
Prick the pastry base with a fork several times
Line the pastry with parchment paper
Fill with dried beans and distribute evenly
Bake for 20 minutes
Remove the parchment paper and beans
Let the pastry base cool completely
Remove the tart from the pan and transfer to a serving plate
Bring raspberries and sugar to a boil in a saucepan, then remove from heat
Soak gelatin sheets in cold water for 5 minutes
Squeeze the gelatin to remove excess water and add to the raspberry mixture
Stir until the gelatin dissolves (do not let it boil)
Set aside to cool
Chop white chocolate coarsely and melt over a double boiler
Brush the melted white chocolate over the cooled pastry base
Chill for 30 minutes
Spread the raspberry filling over the base and smooth the top
Chill again
Chocolate filling
Split the vanilla pod and scrape out the seeds
Melt white chocolate over a double boiler
Whip the heavy cream until soft peaks form
Mix the melted chocolate with mascarpone and vanilla seeds
Gently fold in the whipped cream
Pour the chocolate filling over the set raspberry layer
Chill until set
Garnish
Garnish with fresh raspberries and grated white chocolate