Chocolate Cheesecake Tarts
Calories: 187.75kcal
Adjust Servings Here: 24 tartlets
Description
Adorable mini tarts filled with a rich chocolate cream cheese mixture in a buttery shortcrust pastry. These semi-homemade chocolate cheesecake tarts take only 20 minutes to make. This chocolate cream cheese tart recipe takes advantage of ready-to-use tart shells that cut preparation time by half and make entertaining a breeze
Ingredients
Tart shells (30 shells)
- 1 ½ cup (190 g) All-purpose flour
- 4 oz (113 g) Unsalted butter (1 stick) chilled, cubed
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- ¼ cup (50 grams) Sugar
- 1 Egg yolk large
- 2 tablespoon Chilled water up tp 4 tbsp
Chocolate cheesecake filling
- 8 oz (226 g) Cream cheese
- ½ cup (120 ml) Whipping cream
- 4 oz (100 g) Dark chocolate
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- ½ cup (60 g) Powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon Cornstarch
Garnish
- ½ cup Chocolate shaving
Instructions
Tart shells
- In the bowl of a food processor combine flour, salt, sugar – pulse a few seconds.
- Add cubed chilled butter – pulse for 30 seconds to a minute until it resembles bread crumb consistency
- Add the egg yolk – pulse some more
- Add 2 to 4 tablespoons water the mixture forms a dough
- Transfer to a work surface – bring the dough together to form a disc
- Wrap in cling wrap and chill in the fridge for about 15 minutes.
- When chilled roll small pieces of dough into disc and line each tart shell. Cut off any excess at the edges.
- Alternatively, you can cut a small disc for the base of the tart and strips for the sides. Cut off any excess.
- Place the tartlet in the fridge while you preheat the oven
- Preheat the oven to 200 C / 400 F.
- Prick the pastry all over with the tines of a fork or cocktail stick to prevent the dough from puffing.
- Bake in the preheated oven – the 3-inch mini-tarts take 10 to 12 minutes while the 5 -inch mini-tarts take about 12 to 14 minutes.
- Cool the tarts completely before filling
Chocolate cheesecake filling
- Whip the cream with cornstarch to soft peaks – set aside
- In a separate bowl melt the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl or bane-marie
- Add the cream cheese, sugar, salt and vanilla
- Lastly, fold in the whipped cream
Assemble
- Transfer cream cheese mixture to a piping bag and pipe into each tart shell.
- Garnish with a little shaved chocolate.
Recipe Notes
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