Tuesday, February 21, 2012

TWD BWJ - Chocolate Truffle Tartlets


Wow, our second recipe for Baking with Julia and it couldn't be more indulgent! This week we have Chocolate Truffle Tartlets which contain chocolate in almost every form.

First, a chocolate pastry made with cocoa. Next comes a decadent truffle filling made with melted dark chocolate, eggs and sugar. Then it's finished off with a smattering of milk and white chocolate pieces. Can anyone say yum?!

Surprisingly these tartlets aren't over the top in sweetness. A big scoop of creamy vanilla icecream was perfect on top. Still wouldn't want to eat too much though.

I made a full batch of pastry but only used about 2/3 of it to make my 4 tartlets (with a half batch of filling). I rolled the remainder of the pastry out and baked some little biscuits with it. Hubby was a big fan of the tartlets and my 2 littlest taste testers couldn't get enough of the pastry!

Our hosts this week are Steph, Spike, Jaime and Jessica. Thanks for a great pick! You can find the recipe on their blogs under today's date.

23 comments:

Baking is my Zen...sweet nibbles for the soul said...

Beautiful presentation!

Carmen http://bakingismyzen.wordpress.com

Julia said...

I thought the pastry was the best part! Your tart looks great!

Janis said...

Yum, will definitely have to try this with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream!!

Im At Home Baking said...

Looks yummy! I found mine to be a little sweet, ice cream would have been a nice addition too!

Pamela said...

That tart looks adorable and delicious. I tried some with ice cream, too. Very good!!

Cheri said...

I love your photo - the crust is yummy isn't it? I still have half sitting in my freezer for some other fun recipe!

Cheri said...

I hit send too quickly - but loved your shot of the tart. I have been using this recipe for the chocolate dough for awhile now. Good in all sorts of things!

Michelle Stiles said...

Nice work! I totally loved this recipe as well and was delighted that it was not as difficult as I imagined!

Jodie said...

Ooh, ice cream on top sounds great! Cute little tarts!

tierneymarie said...

I used the dough to make cookies as well. I wasn't a big fan of the tartlets but the dough was so good I couldn't bear to throw it out! I'm starting to get the feeling that ice cream would have improved the experience, though.

Jennifer said...

Your tart looks lovely!!!!

Heather said...

Your tart looks great! I love the idea of serving it with ice cream, yum!

berry lovely said...

Very nice, I also served it with Vanilla ice-cream.

Cher Rockwell said...

The vanilla ice cream was definitley the way to go!

Jenn said...

Great addition with the ice cream!

Karen said...

Love the little bite out of your tart! This was a delicious recipe! :)

Gretchen Noelle said...

Indulgent indeed! Ice cream would be delicious on top!

Wendy (pinkstripes) said...

Yum. I like that you paired it with ice cream.

Dolores said...

They turned out beautiful!

Rebecca said...

Lovely picture! I thought these were great.

Amanda said...

Looks so good!

Sara said...

Wow yours look beautiful!

lauren said...

Cute blog! And great-looking tarts too!