Raspberry-Topped Amaretto Tarts
From blackcupcake 16 years agoIngredients
- Crust: shopping list
- 1/4 cup vanilla wafer cookie crumbs (about 6 cookies) shopping list
- 1 1/2 teaspoons butter, melted shopping list
- 1 teaspoon sugar shopping list
- cooking spray shopping list
- Filling: shopping list
- 1 cup 2% reduced-fat milk, divided shopping list
- 3 tablespoons sugar shopping list
- 5 teaspoons cornstarch shopping list
- 1/8 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 large egg yolk shopping list
- 2 teaspoons Amaretto (almond-flavored liqueur) shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- Topping: shopping list
- 1/2 cup fresh raspberries shopping list
- Fresh mint sprigs (optional) shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- To prepare crust, combine crumbs, butter, and 1 teaspoon sugar, tossing with a fork until moist.
- Divide mixture evenly between 2 (4.75-inch) ceramic crème brûlée dishes coated with cooking spray.
- Press mixture into bottom of dishes.
- Bake at 350° for 10 minutes or until lightly browned; cool completely on a wire rack.
- To prepare filling, combine 1/4 cup milk, 3 tablespoons sugar, cornstarch, salt, and egg yolk in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk.
- Heat 3/4 cup milk over medium heat in a small, heavy saucepan to 180° or until tiny bubbles form around edge (do not boil).
- Gradually add hot milk to sugar mixture, stirring constantly with a whisk.
- Place mixture in pan; cook over medium heat until thick and bubbly (about 5 minutes), stirring constantly.
- Remove pan from heat; stir in liqueur and vanilla.
- Spoon custard into a small bowl; place bowl inside a medium ice-filled bowl for 10 minutes or until custard comes to room temperature, stirring occasionally.
- Remove bowl from ice; spoon custard into prepared crusts.
- Cover and chill 2 to 6 hours.
- Uncover tarts.
- Arrange 1/4 cup raspberries on top of each tart.
- Garnish with mint sprigs, if desired.
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love the sound of this dessert.. it is on my to make list... ^5
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