White Chocolate Cherry Tart Recipes

Ingredients :

2 eggs

40g caster sugar

150g white chocolate, finely chopped

300ml double cream

500g fresh black or red cherries

ground cinnamon, for dusting

Pastry:

175g plain flour

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

125g unsalted butter

25g caster sugar

2-3 tsp cold water

1. First make the pastry, sift the flour and cinnamon into a bowl.

2. Add butter, cut into small pieces, run in with fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.

3. Add sugar and enough water to mix to a firm dough, wrap and chill for 30 minutes.

4. Roll out the dough on a floured surface and use to line a 23cm x 2.5cm deep loose-based flan tin.

5. Trim off the excess pastry around the rim.

6. Line the pastry case with greaseproof paper and fill with baking beans.

7. Bake in oven 400F, gas mark 6, 10 minutes.

8. Lift out the greaseproof paper and baking beans and bake for 5 minutes.

9. Reduce oven temperature to 350F, gas mark 4.

10. Meanwhile, make the filling, beat together the eggs and sugar.

11. Heat the chocolate and cream gently in a small heavy-based saucepan until the chocolate has melted.

12. Pour over the egg mixture, stir.

13. Stone the cherries, if using fresh, thoroughly drain the canned cherries.

14. Arrange in the flan case, pour the chocolate mixture over the cherries.

15. Bake in oven for 45 minutes until the chocolate cream is set.

16. Dust with cinnamon and serve warm.

Serves 7

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