Quark, Prune & White Chocolate Tart

Name: Quark, Prune & White Chocolate Tart
Yield: Serves 4-6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: ½ quantity of sweet pastry; 2 gelatine leaves; 100 g (4 oz) white chocolate; 4 (5) tablespoons dry white wine; Juice & zest of 1 orange; 150 ml (¼ pint, ⅔ cup) double cream, semi-whipped; 10 prunes, soaked overnight in 4 tablespoons Armagnac or brandy; 4 egg yolks; 125 g (4½ oz, generous ½ cup) quark; 25 g (1 oz, 2 tablespoons) caster sugar

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

A Passion for Cheese

By Paul Gayler

Published 1997

About

Try to get really good prunes for this, preferably French Agen prunes or the large, moist Californian variety. I like to serve the tart with afresh orange sauce, such as the one with My Favourite Pick-me-up.

Ingredients

½ quantity of sweet pastry
100 g (4 oz) white chocolate

Europe
France
Dessert
Mediterranean
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C, 375°F, gas 5. Roll out the pastry and use to line a 20 cm (8 in) ta