Ghirardelli Molten Chocolate Raspberry Merlot Tart

Yield: 24 each

Ingredients

  • Chocolate Pâte Sucrée
  • 256 g Granulated sugar
  • 490 g Butter, unsalted
  • 100 g Eggs
  • 38 g Egg yolks
  • 4 g Salt
  • 640 g Pastry flour
  • 20 g Ghirardelli Sunrise Cocoa Powder
  • 12 g Ghirardelli Midnight Cocoa Powder
  • Chocolate Merlot Ganache:
  • 220 g Heavy cream
  • 88 g Merlot
  • 160 g Ghirardelli 72% Cacao Chips
  • 86 g Ghirardelli Queen Dark Chocolate Wafers
  • 395 g Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Chips
  • 14 g Invert sugar
  • 400 g Macerated raspberries
  • Chocolate Filling:
  • 600 g Ghirardelli Queen Dark Chocolate Wafers
  • 300 g Butter - unsalted
  • 500 g Eggs
  • 275 g Granulated sugar
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 10 g Vanilla extract
  • Chocolate Streusel
  • 150 g Cold butter
  • 125 g Light brown sugar
  • 25 g Sugar in the raw
  • 150 g Almond flour
  • 150 g Cake flour
  • 38 g Ghirardelli Sunrise Cocoa Powder
  • 2.5 g Salt
  • 7 g Vanilla extract
  • 113 g Ghirardelli Queen Dark Chocolate Wafers
  • Raspberry Merlot Sauce (optional):
  • 300 g Merlot
  • 150 g Raspberry puree
  • 100 g Granulated sugar
  • Cornstarch as needed
  • .5 each • Lemon, juice of

Directions

  • Chocolate Pâte Sucrée:
  • Cream the butter and add in the eggs slowly.
  • Sift the flour, salt, and cocoa powders together and add in after the eggs.
  • Refrigerate the dough overnight.
  • Roll the dough out to 1/8" and line 3" x .75" tart rings.
  • Chill tart shells for 30 minutes, then line with parchment and beans and par bake at 300°F for 9-10 minutes or until 3/4 of the way baked.
  • Set aside and reserve.
  • Chocolate Merlot Ganache:
  • Heat cream, merlot, invert sugar to a boil.
  • Pour over chocolates in a large bowl and stir constantly to incorporate.
  • While the ganache is still warm, fill baked tart shells 1/4 full.
  • Place 3-4 macerated raspberries into the ganache.
  • Freeze until set.
  • Chocolate Filling:
  • Bring the butter to a simmer, then pour over the chocolate and whisk to combine. Reserve warm.
  • Warm eggs and sugar to 140°F in a mixing bowl while constantly stirring to make sure eggs do not start to cook. Once desired temperature is reached, attach on mixer and whip for 4-5 minutes.
  • Add the melted chocolate and butter mixture, salt, and vanilla. Mix well.
  • Place in a hotel pan, cover and refrigerate until a pipeable consistency.
  • Pipe into tart shells, mounding the filling up higher in the center and leaving a 1/2" border between the filling and the edge of the tart shell as the filling will spread.
  • Refrigerate until firm or freeze up to 1 week.
  • Chocolate Streusel:
  • Combine the dry ingredients.
  • Cut in the butter.
  • Melt and add the chocolate and the vanilla. Mix until streusel just comes together.
  • Refrigerate until firm or freeze up to 1 week.
  • Bake at 325°F for 8-10 minutes.
  • Cool until warm, then lightly stir to break into desired size pieces.
  • Raspberry Merlot Sauce (optional):
  • Combine the wine, puree, and sugar. Simmer for 4-5 minutes.
  • Thicken to desired consistency with cornstarch.
  • Add lemon juice off of the heat and cool.
  • Finishing:
  • Bake the filled tart shells at 325°F for 12-13 minutes.
  • Let cool to room temperature and remove from the rings.
  • Reheat to order at 325°F for 2 minutes.
  • Garnish each tart with 1/2 oz the baked chocolate streusel and whipped cream or ice cream and macerated raspberries. Serve with raspberry wine sauce if desired.
  • Additional Notes:
  • For the macerated raspberries, combine the raspberries, 1 oz of Merlot and 0.6 oz sugar and let sit about 15 minutes.
  • The ganache needs to be completely frozen before piping the chocolate filling onto it.
  • If serving the tart at room temperature, do the initial bake for 13-14 minutes.

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