Description
Let this tropical Christmas dessert take you to the beach.
Ingredients
Scale
For the tart crust:
- 3 oz butter (room temperature)
- 2 oz powdered sugar
- 2 each egg yolk
- 6.4 oz all-purpose flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 tsp heavy cream
For the passion fruit curd:
- 7.5 oz sugar
- 5 oz Passion Fruit purée
- 5 oz egg yolks
- 6 oz butter
For the chocolate mint truffle:
- 6 oz heavy cream
- 6–8 sprigs fresh mint
- 6 oz dark chocolate
- 1 tbsp corn syrup
For the marshmallow fluff:
- 13 oz sugar
- 1.5 oz corn syrup
- ¼ tsp cream of tartar
- Pinch salt
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 6 each egg whites
Instructions
For the tart crust:
- Combine butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and cream until light and fluffy.
- Add egg yolk and mix until incorporated.
- Turn mixer to low and add flour and salt. When dough is almost together, add cream.
- Shape dough into a disc, wrap, and chill for 20 minutes.
- Roll dough on floured surface to ¼ inch thick, transfer to tart pan.
- Line shell with parchment paper and pie weights and bake at 325 degrees until done.
For the curd:
- Over double boiler, combine sugar and fruit purée, then add egg yolks and soft butter.
- Using spatula, mix over heat until mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
- Pour through strainer into baked tart shell until shell is half full.
- Refrigerate until cool. You may have curd left over.
For the truffle:
- Steep mint sprigs in hot cream for 15 minutes, then strain and discard mint.
- Chop chocolate to very fine, scald cream, and pour over chocolate, stirring to melt and combine.
- Add corn syrup.
- Pour this mixture into tart shell to fill.
- Refrigerate until set, one hour.
For the fluff:
- Combine all ingredients in metal bowl, whisk over double boiler until mixture is hot, about 160 degrees, and sugar is fully dissolved.
- Pour mixture into clean mixer bowl and whip on high using whisk attachment until mixture has cooled to room temperature and is very white and fluffy.
- Pipe mixture onto tart in desired pattern, use torch to toast fluff.