Cherries on Two-Tone Chocolate

Name: Cherries on Two-Tone Chocolate
Yield: Makes 6 Tarts
Ingredients: 6 fully baked tart shells, made with Chocolate Tart Pastry; 18 dark cherries, pitted and coarsely chopped; ¾ cup plus ⅔ cup heavy cream; 2 ounces white chocolate, finely chopped; 1½ ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped; 1 ounce bittersweet chocolate, melted, for design, optional; 30 dark cherries with stems intact

Preparation info

Makes
6
Tarts

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Book of Tarts

By Maury Rubin

Published 1995

About

Keeping the stems on the cherries lets you pull the cherries out of the tart one by one, predipped in the “two-tone” chocolate—translated, white chocolate and dark chocolate cream side by side.

Ingredients

2 ounces white chocolate, finely chopped
¾ cup plus ⅔ cup

Pastry
Dessert
Vegetarian
Pie

Method

Place the white chocolate in a medium bowl. Pour ¾ cup of the cream into a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Pour the hot cream all at once on top of the white chocolate. Let sit for 1 minute, then whisk until smooth. Strain into a small bowl, cover with plast