23/01/2013

for those who like Italian solutions


 STRACCIATELLA TARTLETS WITH STRAWBERRIES


INGREDIENTS:
(for 15 tartlets)
  • 1.5 cup flour
  • 3 tablespoons caster sugar
  • 1.2 sticks butter (120g, unsalted)
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 4 teaspoons vanilla sugar
  • 1 tablespoon stabilizer for whipping cream
  • 2 teaspoons gelatine
  • 1 bar dark chocolate (100g)
  • ca. 15 strawberries




INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Combine the flour, caster sugar, butter, egg yolks and salt, and knead the dough thoroughly. Cover the dough with plastic film and cool in the refrigerator for 0,5 hour.
2. Cover forms (ca. 15) with melted butter. Divide the dough into 15 pieces, form small 
balls and press them against the forms to cover them entirely.

BAKE:   15 min.    200° C

3. Whip the heavy cream with the vanilla sugar and stabilizer. Add the gelatine (dissolved 
in a minimum amount of hot water and cooled).
4. Grate 0.7 of cthe hocolate and add it to the whipped cream. Let cit ool for 0.5 hour 
in the refrigerator. Melt the rest of the chocolate in a double boiler and pour it on baking paper for decorations. 
5. Put a heaped tablespoon of whipped cream on the tartlets and top them with strawberries and chocolate decorations.

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