These mini chocolate pecan tartlets are rich, nutty, and perfectly sweet.
Total Time
1 hr
Ratings
5 from 12 votes
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Servings:
10
Description
Delicious tarts filled with pecan paste and topped with chocolate ganache cream, a drizzle of melted chocolate, and a pecan.
Ingredients
For the pie crust
220g butter
50g sugar
2g cinnamon powder
100g brown caster sugar
8g vanilla sugar
2g salt
1 egg yellow
285g flour
6g baking powder
For the pecan paste
150g pecan nuts
90g granulated sugar
1 egg
For the cream
100g cocoa drops
50g unwhipped cream
350g unwhipped cream
8g vanilla sugar
20g granulated sugar
16g whipped cream stabilizer
GARNISH
pecan nuts
melted chocolate
Instructions
1
Make the pie crustAdd the butter, granulated sugar, cinnamon, brown sugar, vanilla sugar, salt, egg yolk, flour, and baking powder to a deep bowl. Mix/knead all the ingredients together into a cookie dough. Place the dough in the refrigerator for a while to firm up. This will make it easier to roll out the cookie dough later.
2
Make the Pecan FillingPut the pecans, sugar, and egg into a mixer. Mix until smooth. Put the pecan filling into a piping bag.
3
Roll Out, cut the dough and add the pecan fillingGrease the baking rings. Sprinkle some flour on the work surface and roll out the dough (thickness should be about 1 to 1.5 cm). Cut out the cookie dough with the baking ring, ensuring the dough stays in the ring. Place the baking ring with the cookie dough on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Repeat the process with the remaining baking rings. Pipe some of the pecan filling into the cookie dough, leaving 1 cm of space around the edges.
4
Bake the Pecan TartsPlace in a preheated oven at 175°C for about 18 to 25 minutes.
Let the pecan tarts cool completely.
5
Prepare the GanachePour the unwhipped cream into a saucepan and bring it just to the boil. Remove the pan from the heat and add the chocolate drops. Let it sit for a minute. Stir together until smooth. Allow the ganache to cool completely.
6
Whip the CreamWhip the unwhipped cream together with the vanilla sugar, sugar, and whipped cream stabilizer until stiff.
7
Combine with GanacheAdd the ganache and mix it together until well combined. Transfer the cream mixture to a piping bag.
8
Decorate the Pecan TartsPipe a nice tuft of the cream mixture onto each pecan tart.
9
Add Finishing TouchesMelt some cocoa drops and drizzle them over the pecan tarts. Place a pecan nut on each tart.