Chocolate Raspberry Tart

Note: while there are multiple steps to this recipe, this dessert is broken down into workable categories to help you better plan for preparation and baking.

Make the Pâte Sablée

1. Gather the ingredients.

   

2. Heap the flour in a mound on the counter and make a well. Put the butter, confectioners’ sugar, and salt.

   

3. With your fingertips, mix and cream the butter with the sugar and salt, then add the egg yolks and work them in delicately with your fingertips.

   

4. Little by little, draw the flour into the center and work the mixture delicately with your fingers until you have a homogeneous dough.

   

5. Using the palm of your hand, push the dough away from you 3 or 4 times until it is completely smooth.

   

6. Roll it into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate until ready to use.

   

7. On a lightly floured counter, roll out the dough to a circle, 1/16 to 1/8-inch/2 to 3 millimeter thick, and use to line an 8 1/2-inch/22 centimeter tart ring, 1-inch/2.5 centimeter high, placed on a cookie sheet. Chill for 20 minutes.

   

Bake the Pie Dough

1. Prick the dough base lightly with a fork. Preheat the oven to 375 F/190 C.

   

2. Line the pastry shell with waxed paper, fill with baking beans and bake “blind” for 20 minutes.

   

3. Remove the paper and beans, lower the oven setting to 350 F/180 C, and bake for 5 minutes.

   

4. Transfer to a wire rack, leave until cool enough to handle, then lift off the ring.

   

Make the Ganache

1. Gather the ingredients.

   

2. Slowly bring the cream to a boil in a pan over medium heat.

   

3. Remove from the heat and add the chocolate, using a balloon whisk to mix it in, then add the glucose.

   

4. Once the mixture is smooth, incorporate the butter, a little at a time.

   

Assemble the Pastry

1. Gather the ingredients.

   

2. Once the pie crust is cold, arrange the raspberries in the pastry shell, pressing them down lightly with your fingertips so that they stick slightly to the base.

   

3. Pour the ganache over the raspberries to fill the pastry shell.

   

4. Let cool, then chill the tart in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours, before serving.

   

5. Use a very sharp knife dipped in boiling water to cut the tart into slices, wiping the knife between each slice.

   

Reprinted with permission from Desserts by Michel Roux (Wiley 2011).