FOOD
Strawberry Party Tart
These strawberries like to party... in your mouth.
FOOD
Strawberry Party Tart
These strawberries like to party... in your mouth.
Ingredients
Strawberries
- 25 strawberries
- White chocolate
- Chocolate
Charlotte Sponges
- 6 eggs, divided
- 3/4 cup white sugar, divided
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- Pinch of powdered sugar
Strawberry Mousse
- 1/2 pound strawberries
- 5 tablespoons white sugar
- 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 cup heavy cream
Cream
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
Steps
Strawberries
- Cut a mouth out of each strawberry.
- Use melted chocolate to form eyes.
Charlotte Sponges
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine egg yolks with 1/4 cup white sugar. Mix until sticky.
- In a separate bowl, slowly add egg whites to the remaining sugar, beating vigorously until peaks form.
- Add the egg white mixture to the egg yolk mixture and stir to combine. Lightly mix in flour.
- Place mixture in a pastry bag with a 1/2-inch nozzle.
- Squeeze out two 12-by-3-inch rectangles. Also squeeze out two 8-inch squares, which will form the base and top of the charlotte. Sprinkle each with powdered sugar.
- Bake the pieces for 12 minutes.
- Allow to cool, then use pastries to line an 8-inch square baking pan, reserving one of the squares for the lid.
Strawberry Mousse
- In a blender, add the strawberries, sugar and lemon juice. Blend until combined.
- Transfer to a mixing bowl.
- Whip heavy cream until soft peaks form.
- Whisk into strawberry mixture, then pour into baking pan.
- Place in refrigerator until firm.
Cream
- Whisk heavy cream and sugar until soft peaks form.
- Transfer to a pastry bag with the tip cut off.
- Pipe cream topping on top of the strawberry mixture, then position the strawberry faces on top.
- Place the lid to the charlotte on top and serve.