Chocolate Mousse with a Blackberry Blend

Name: Chocolate Mousse with a Blackberry Blend
Yield: Makes 6 Tarts
Ingredients: 6 fully baked tart shells, made with Chocolate Tart Pastry; Cocoa powder, for dusting; ½ cup blackberries plus 6 perfect blackberries, for design; 6 fully baked tart shells, made with Chocolate Tart Pastry; ⅓ cup plus 2 tablespoons heavy cream; ½ cup blackberries plus 6 perfect blackberries, for design; 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped; ⅓ cup milk

Preparation info

Makes
6
Tarts

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Book of Tarts

By Maury Rubin

Published 1995

About

Chocolate mousse fills most of this tart, but underneath it, there’s a layer of chocolate and blackberries blended together. If you prefer raspberries to blackberries, they work well too.

Ingredients

4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
⅓ cup milk
⅓ c

Pastry
Dessert
Vegetarian
Pie

Method

Place the chocolate in a medium bowl.
Combine the milk and 2 tablespoons of the cream in a saucepan, and bring just to a boil. Pour the hot milk all at once over the chocolate. Let sit for 1 minute, then whisk until smooth. Let cool to room temperature.
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