Petite Caramel-Chocolate Tartlets

Delicate and delicious, these Petite Caramel-Chocolate Tartlets are sweet balance of chocolate, vanilla, and dulce de leche flavors.

Petite Caramel-Chocolate Tartlets

2016-09-01 17:59:47

Yield: 24

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Ingredients

1. 1 (4-ounce) bar bittersweet chocolate, chopped, divided
2. 1½ cups plus 2 tablespoons cold heavy whipping cream, divided
3. 24 (1.75-inch) mini tartlet shells*
4. 1 (13.4-ounce) can dulce de leche (caramel)*
5. 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
6. ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
7. Garnish: Wilton Sprinkles Gold Sugar Pearls, CK Products Edible Glitter Flakes Metallic Gold, Wilton Gold Pearl Dust

Instructions

1. Reserve 1 tablespoon chopped chocolate.
2. In a medium heatproof bowl, combine remaining chocolate and 2 tablespoons cream, and heat in a microwave oven, according
to package directions, stirring to combine. Divide melted chocolate among tartlet shells. Refrigerate until chocolate has cooled, approximately 30 minutes.
3. Place dulce de leche in a pastry bag fitted with a medium round tip (Wilton#12), and pipe into each tartlet shell, filling level with edges.
4. In a medium mixing bowl, combine remaining 1½ cups cream, confectioners’ sugar, and vanilla extract. Beat at high speed with a mixer until thickened.
5. Transfer whipped cream to a pastry bag fitted with a large open-star tip (Wilton#1M), and pipe a rosette onto each tartlet.
6. Sprinkle tartlets with reserved
1 tablespoon chopped chocolate.
7. Just before serving, garnish tartlets with sugar pearls, glitter flakes, and pearl dust, if desired.

Notes

1. *We used Clearbrook Farms Shortbread Tart Shells and Nestlé La Lechera Dulce de Leche.

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From TeaTime, September/October 2016