One of my favorite summer fruits is raspberries. These succulant, sweet red and beautiful fruits fill make me wanna put them in every cake or dessert I make.
The following is a white chocolate raspberry tart. On a golden crust lays a raspberry mousse, topped with vanilla sponge cake that’s brushed with raspberry coulis, and on top of everything a white chocolate chantilly cream and lots of fresh raspberries.
White Chocolate Raspberry Tart
For white chocolate Chantilly:
- 1 gram gelatin powder
- 5 ml. water
- 100 grams white chocolate
- 250 ml. heavy cream
- Pinch of salt
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
For pink glacage:
- 9 grams gelatin powder
- 45 ml. water
- 50 ml. water
- 100 grams sugar
- 100 grams glucose or corn syrup
- 70 ml. milk
- 100 grams white chocolate
- Red food coloring (to taste)
For short crust pastry:
- 150 grams all-purpose flour
- 100 grams cold butter (cut into cubes)
- 40 grams icing sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 egg yolk
- 1-2 tbsp. cold water (as needed)
For vanilla biscuit layer:
- 1 large egg
- 40 grams sugar
- 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
- 50 grams all-purpose flour
For raspberry coulis:
- 50 grams sugar
- 60 grams raspberry puree
For raspberry mousse:
- 2 grams gelatin powder
- 10 ml. water
- 2 large eggs
- 25 grams sugar
- 150 grams raspberry puree
- 50 grams soft butter
- 125 ml. heavy cream
- Red food coloring (to taste)
Decoration:
- 100-150 grams fresh raspberries
You will need:
- one 24 cm round baking ring or pie pan
- one 22 cm baking ring
White chocolate Chantilly:
- In a small bowl mix gelatin and water and set aside for 10 minutes at room temperature until the gelatin absorbs all the liquid.
- Chop the white chocolate and put in a bowl.
- Heat the cream almost to a boil and pour over the chocolate. Add in the salt and vanilla and beat well until blended.
- Melt the gelatin and add into the mixture.
- Strain the mixture and chill for 2-3 hours in the refrigerator until completely cold.
- Transfer the ganache into a mixer bowl and beat until you get a stable cream.
- Pour the cream into a 22 cm baking ring and flatten the top evenly.
- Freeze the cream for at least 5-6 hours or until completely frozen.
Pink glacage:
- In a medium bowl mix gelatin and 45 ml of water and set aside for 15 minutes at room temperature until the gelatin absorbs all the liquid.
- In a medium saucepan put 50 ml of water, sugar and glucose and heat to a boil.
- When the mixture boils, add in the milk and mix well.
- Meanwhile, melt the white chocolate in the microwave or over double-boiler.
- When boiling again (after adding the milk), add in the gelatin and mix until melted.
- Strain and add into the melted chocolate. Wait a minute, and beat until melted and mixture is smooth.
- Add in red food coloring until you reach the desired shade.
- Cool the glacage to 30c degrees.
- Extract the frozen layer of Chantilly and place on a rack.
- Pour the glacage, coating the sides and the top of the cream.
- Freeze until assembling the tart.
Crust:
- In a food processor with a steel blade put flour, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and salt and process until mixture is crumbly.
- Add egg yolk and continue to process just until large clumps of dough form. If the dough is not setting, gradually add a little water.
- Transfer the dough chunks on a lightly floured work surface and form a disc-shape with your hands.
- Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for about an hour.
- Roll out the dough on a floured work surface about 3-4 mm thick and line the pie pan. It is important to create a right angle between the sides and the base of the crust, which will ensure the edges remain high when baking.
- Pierce the bottom of the crust with a fork. Freeze the crust for about an hour.
- Preheat oven to 170c degrees.
Blind baking:
- Put a sheet of heat-resistant plastic wrap or baking paper on the frozen crust and fill with dry beans or special weights for baking.
- Bake for about 12-14 minutes.
- Remove the weights and the plastic wrap and continue to bake the crust for about 10-15 minutes or until it is golden brown.
- Cool completely at room temperature.
Vanilla biscuit:
- Preheat oven to 170c degrees.
- In a bowl of a mixer, whip egg, sugar, vanilla and salt at high speed until you get a stable, airy and bright mixture.
- Add in flour and fold gently until blended.
- Pour the mixture on an oven tray lined with lightly greased baking paper and flatten to an even layer, about 1-2 cm thick.
- Bake for 6-8 minutes or until golden.
- Cool completely and separate for the baking paper. Cut into a 22 cm circle.
Raspberry coulis:
- In a small saucepan put sugar and raspberry puree and heat until the sugar dissolves and mixture thickens slightly. Cool completely at room temperature.
Raspberry mousse:
- In a small bowl mix gelatin and water and set aside for 10 minutes at room temperature until the gelatin absorbs all the liquid.
- In a medium saucepan put eggs, sugar and raspberry puree and beat well.
- Cook the mixture over medium-low heat, while whisking constantly, until you get a thick cream. Remove from heat.
- Melt the gelatin, add in and mix until absorbed.
- Strain the mixture into a clean bowl and add butter. Beat until dissolved and creamy.
- Cool the cream in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours or until it is completely cold.
- Whip the cream until soft peaks form, and gently fold into the cold raspberry cream. If necessary, and if desired, you can add a little food coloring to empower red color.
- Pour the mousse over the baked crust, and smooth the top.
- Place the biscuit over the mousse and brush it generously with raspberry coulis.
- On top of the biscuit, and right in the middle of the tart, place the white chocolate Chantilly (coated with glacage).
- Arrange raspberries around the sides and serve.
- You can use strawberries instead of raspberries.
- Keep the raspberry tart in a closed container in the refrigerator for up to 4-5 days.