Chocolate Raspberry Tart

Chocolate Raspberry Tart Ready To Serve

The French love their chocolate, and often have a dark chocolate truffle or square at night as a treat to satisfy a sweet tooth. Generally speaking chocolate desserts are eaten more in fall and winter, and fruit desserts are eaten in the spring and summer. This Chocolate Raspberry Tart recipe is culinary artistry, as raspberries are a natural complement to chocolate, cream, raspberry brandy, and cognac flavors. So, yes, when fresh raspberries are in season in the summer, be sure and make this tart for your loved ones and family.

This tart is perfect for summer entertaining, as it looks incredible, is simply delicious, and is easier to make that you think. The recipe is lovingly adapted from The Complete Book of French Cooking by Hubert Delorme and Vincent Boué (Flammarion, 2023).

I loved that the chefs actually suggest it best to use a copper saucepan, and I could use one of my traditional copper pans. You can use any non-reactive saucepan too, such as a non-stick pan or a stainless steel. pan. Do not use an aluminium pan, as it can affect the taste of the cooked raspberries.

Raspberries, Sugar, and Honey in Copper Saucepan

Chocolate Raspberry Tart

Lovingly Adapted from The Complete Book of French Cooking by Hubert Delorme & Vincent Boué

Serves 8, Prep Time: 45 minutes, Resting Time: 20 minutes, Cooking Time: 40 minutes, Chill: 2-3 hours

Use 10 inch Tart Pan

Ingredients Creamed Sweet Short Pastry:

1 stick unsalted butter, softened

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 egg

2-3/4 cups cake flour (make sure you use cake flour)

1 teaspoon salt

Ingredients Chocolate Ganache Cream:

1/2 lb. (225 grams) fresh raspberries, divided

1/4 cup granulated sugar

2 oz. honey, or agave syrup

1-2/3 cups whipping cream

7 tablespoons unsalted butter

scant 1/3 cup raspberry brandy or cognac

1-3/4 lb. dark chocolate, at least 64% cacao, chopped ( I used Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate 72% Pound Plus)

Directions For Pastry:

Place the butter, sugar, and egg in the bowl of a food processor and cream together until smooth. Sift the flour and add it with the salt to process for 1-2 minutes further, until smooth. Remove from bowl. Press down the the palm of your hand, pushing it away from you, until the ingredients are thoroughly blended. Form into a disk. Chill, wrapped for 20 minutes.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Roll out the dough very thinly about 1/8 inch to form a large disk. Use your rolling pin to transfer it from the working surface to the baking pan or circle: drape it around the pin and then unroll it over the tart pan. Prick the dough with a fork, line it with parchment paper, and fill with baking weights or dried beans. Blind bake for 20-25 minutes and allow to cool.

Directions For Chocolate Ganache Cream:

In a copper saucepan, cook 3-1/2 oz (100 grams) of the raspberries with the sugar and honey (or if using agave syrup). Bring to a boil and leave to simmer for a few minutes. The raspberries will start breaking down. Add the cream and butter and bring to a boil again.

Remove from the heat and add the raspberry brandy or cognac and the chopped chocolate. Mix until thoroughly blended. Strain through a fine mesh sieve the chocolate ganache separating out the raspberry seeds. Pour the ganache into the cooled tart shell. Leave in the refrigerator until set, about 2-3 hours. Garnish with remaining raspberries and serve.

Chocolate Ganache Cream Ready for Tart Shell

Chocolate Raspberry Tart Ready to be Chilled

Bon Appétit et Bon Weekend…Bonnie