Valentine Heart Tarts Recipe - Cooking Index
Valentine Heart Tarts Recipe - Cooking Index
| For The Chocolate Crumb Crust | ||
| 25 | Crisp chocolate wafer cookies - (abt 8 oz) | |
| (or 1 1/2 cups low-fat chocolate graham | ||
| Cracker crumbs) | ||
| 2 tablespoons | 30ml | Canola or sunflower oil |
| 1 tablespoon | 15ml | Unsalted butter - melted |
| 1/8 teaspoon | 0.6ml | Ground cinnamon |
| 1 tablespoon | 15ml | Skim milk or water - or as needed |
| For The Strawberry Cream Filling | ||
| 1 1/2 cups | 355ml | Vanilla nonfat or low-fat yogurt |
| 1 | Fresh ripe strawberries - rinsed, patted | |
| Dry, and hulled | ||
| 3 tablespoons | 45ml | Light cream cheese or Neufchatel cheese |
| 1/3 cup | 65g / 2.3oz | Granulated sugar |
| 1/4 cup | 59ml | Strawberry preserves |
| 2 tablespoons | 30ml | Chambord or Creme de Cassis - (optional) |
| 1 | Salt | |
| 1/3 cup | 78ml | Fresh orange juice or water |
| 2 teaspoons | 10ml | Fresh lemon juice |
| 3 1/2 teaspoons | 17ml | Unflavored gelatin |
| 8 | Fresh whole strawberries - rinsed, patted | |
| Dry, for garnish | ||
| Fresh mint sprigs - for garnish |
Place chocolate wafers in the workbowl of a food processor and pulse to form crumbs. Or place the cookies in a closed plastic bag and roll with a rolling pin to form crumbs. In the processor or in a bowl, combine the crumbs with all the other ingredients and pulse or toss until the crumbs are evenly moistened. They should hold together well when squeezed between your fingers; add a few drops more liquid if needed.
Press the crumb mixture into eight 3- to 4-inch heart shaped tartlet molds, oven-proof Pyrex or metal, and refrigerate them to set while you prepare the filling.
Measure the yogurt into a cheesecloth-lined strainer set over a bowl and drain for about 30 minutes, you should have about 1 1/4 cups of yogurt. Discard the liquid (or drink it, it is high in calcium).
Halve the strawberries and set aside.
In a food processor or blender, mix together quickly the cream cheese and sugar. Add the drained yogurt, halved berries, preserves, Chambord or cassis if used, and salt; pulse to blend but do not puree completely -- there should still be some pieces of berries.
In a small nonreactive saucepan, combine the orange juice and lemon juice. Sprinkle on the gelatin and let stand for about 3 minutes to soften. Stir the mixture over low heat just until the gelatin dissolves; do not boil. Remove from heat and stir in a few tablespoons of the strawberry cream to cool the gelatin. Then pour the gelatin mixture into the strawberry cream and pulse or stir to blend in. Fill the tartlet molds. Chill at least 3 hours, or overnight. Before serving, garnish each tartlet with a whole fresh strawberry or slices fanned out, or a mint sprig.
This recipe yields 8 tartlets.
Source:
COOKING LIVE with Sara Moulton - Recipe courtesy of Let Them Eat Cake, by Susan Purdy - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # CL-8821 broadcast 02-14-1997) - Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com
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