Tuesdays with Dorie BCM: Chocolate-Coconut Tart

January 8, 2019 at 11:13 pm | Posted in BCM, groups, pies & tarts, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 7 Comments
Tags: baking, chocolate, tarts

Our first BCM bake of 2019 and it’s a good one! This Chocolate-Coconut Tart has one of my very favorite flavor combos, with coconut pastry cream hiding under a shiny dark chocolate ganache, all inside a sweet tart crust. I’m glad that cutting back on sweets was not one of my new year’s resolutions, or I guess we are saying “intentions” now, because I do intend to enjoy every bite of these babies. I did decide to responsibly keep myself from going overboard by scaling back the recipe to make a few small tartlets instead of a large format tart.

This recipe has a few components, but I spaced them out over a couple of days to make things manageable. I actually had some of Dorie’s Sweet Tart Dough in the freezer and I used that to line my shells. I made the pastry cream (I used all toasted coconut and coconut sugar to boost that flavor) and I stashed it in the fridge, along with my lined tart shells, overnight. The next day, I baked and filled the shells, then made the ganache and topped them off. Easy peasy to make and to eat. It tastes like a fancy Mounds bar. Why did it take us so long to make this?

For the recipe, see Baking Chez Moi by Dorie Greenspan. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the TWD Blogroll!

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Your mini tart is gorgeous! I look forward to making this.

Comment by Cakelaw— January 9, 2019 #

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This is gorgeous! I will obviously minify this one but wondered about making it into a sort of a “bar” – but doesn’t look like the crème pat slices neatly… Mini tarts it is then!

Comment by Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)— January 9, 2019 #

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- it might if you let it sit for the recommended four hours…i needed to photo it right away because i was about to leave the house for the rest of the day. although chilled and in the bowl mine is not super stiff (i didn’t need to whip or lighten it before i used it.
  
  Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— January 9, 2019 #
  
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Beautiful! I just made this and it does taste like a fancy Mounds bar.

Comment by Zosia— January 9, 2019 #

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This mini tart is just beautiful..like one you would see in a bakery. I love the decorations you added :). My family loves almond joy so I am thinking this will be a hit!

Comment by isthisakeeper— January 10, 2019 #

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Yours look beautiful and sound delicious. I look forward to making this one.

Comment by Diane Zwang— January 10, 2019 #

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Haha I am happy it was not one of my resolutions either 😉 looks sumptuous!

On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 11:13 PM a whisk and a spoon wrote:

> steph (whisk/spoon) posted: ” Our first BCM bake of 2019 and it’s a good > one! This Chocolate-Coconut Tart has one of my very favorite flavor combos, > with coconut pastry cream hiding under a shiny dark chocolate ganache, all > inside a sweet tart crust. I’m glad that cutting back on ” >

Comment by saffronandhoney— January 14, 2019 #

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