Chocolate orange tarts

These chocolate orange tarts are made from buttery homemade pastry shells, filled with a delicious orange curd and topped with whipped cream and a slice of Terry's chocolate orange. And for extra chocolatey flavour, they are brushed with melted chocolate before the filling is added.

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Chocolate and oranges

The combination of chocolate and oranges just screams Christmas, and these little chocolate orange tarts make the perfect dessert to serve after a huge meal.

Chocolate orange tarts are made with a buttery sweetcrust pastry which is blind-baked before being brushed with melted chocolate. Then they filled with my homemade orange curd and topped with whipped cream and a slice of Terry's chocolate orange.

They are not too sweet, and the fruity tang of the orange curd filling makes a refreshing change from a stodgy steamed pudding. In addition the coating of chocolate on the pastry gives a satisfying 'crunch' as you bite through it, especially if you eat them fresh from the refrigerator.

I have to say they do look so festive.

I think you will love these chocolate orange tarts:

• The orange curd is sweet and fruity, with a thick custard texture. And because they are served cold, these tarts make a refreshing ending to a meal.
• Brushing the pastry with chocolate helps prevent it from becoming soggy, so they will easily stay fresh for 3 or 4 days.
• The pastry has a rich buttery taste that goes so well with the orange curd and chocolate.
• The whipped cream topping provides the creamy element that we all love in a dessert.
• And of course, who doesn't love a chocolatey flavour of a slice of chocolate orange?

And if this isn't quite what you are looking for, you might like to try these individual 30 second microwave chocolate pots instead.

Let me show you how to make them.

What you will need

**You can find the complete list of ingredients and full instructions for making these orange tarts on the printable recipe card at the end of this post**

Equipment

For baking the tarts you will need 8 mini flan rings (4" in diameter). I have a set of them and they are great - they are 100% non-stick and have removable bottoms to make it easy to get the baked shells out of the tins.

I also used some ceramic baking beads and a roll of baking parchment to blind-bake the pastry. If you don't have any you can use normal dried haricot beans instead.

Ingredients:

I haven't taken a picture of the ingredients, because you hardly need anything.

Orange curd - you can find the recipe in my post on how to make orange curd. One quantity will be sufficient for 8 x 4" diameter orange tarts.

Pastry - you will need one quantity of shortcrust pastry. You can use store-bought if you prefer or use the pastry recipe from this blackberry and apple pie recipe.

Milk chocolate - used for brushing onto the pastry cases once they have been baked. I just used normal Cadbury's milk chocolate which I melted in the microwave, but you could use good quality cooking chocolate instead if you're worried about it not melting properly. 100 grams (about 3.5 ounces) will be more than sufficient to coat 8 pastry cases.

Whipped cream - this is double, heavy or whipping cream, which you whisk until it forms stiff peaks. You won't need much - just sufficient to put a spoonful on each tart. I used 100 ml - that's a third of a tub or just under half a cup. I also don't add sugar to the cream before whipping it - I think the orange curd is sweet enough. If you prefer a sweeter dessert, by all means, add a little sugar to the cream.

Terry's chocolate orange - you will need one segment per tart, and considering that there are 20 segments in one chocolate orange, there will be plenty left over for the chef to munch on.

What to do

This recipe makes 8 x 4" chocolate orange tarts.

Make the pastry cases

Fill the tarts

Store these chocolate orange tarts on a plate in the refrigerator, covered with plastic wrap.

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Chocolate orange tart FAQ

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