Chocolate Pastry Fruit Tartlets

Name: Chocolate Pastry Fruit Tartlets
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: Makes 8 tartlets
Ingredients: 750 g (1½ lb) fresh fruit-strawberries, raspberries, kiwifruit, peaches, apricots or grapes; 250 g (8 oz) plain flour; 150 g (5 oz) redcurrant jelly; 150 ml (5 fl oz) double cream, lightly whipped; 1 small egg white (size 4); 1 tablespoon water; 3 tablespoons cocoa powder; 50 g (2 oz) soft dark brown sugar; 150 g (5 oz) lightly salted butter, cut into small pieces

Preparation info

Makes
8
tartlets

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 25

Appears in

The Chocolate Lover's Cookbook

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1987

About

Delicious crisp chocolate tartlets piled high with colourful fruit are refreshing to both the palate and the eye.

Ingredients

For the pastry

150 g (5 oz) lightly salted butter, cut into small pieces
50 g (

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Oven temperature Gas Mark 4/180°C/350°F

Preheat the oven. For the pastry: using a heavy-bottomed saucepan stir the butter, sugar and cocoa together over a low heat until blended. Remove from the heat the moment the butter has melted. Stir in the flour and then add just e