Strawberry Surprise Tarts
by Pikopie
20 Dec 2015
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Strawberry Surprise Tarts, a simple, no bake recipe of Chocolaty tarts filled with a fragrant fruity strawberry cream filling. A delicious combination that is sure to please all.
Strawberry Surprise Tarts recipe - How to make Strawberry Surprise Tarts
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Makes 5 to 6 serving
For The Tart Base
1 large bowl of oreo cookies or any other chocolate cookies
75 gms melted butter
For The Cream
250 gms softened cream cheese
200 gms whipping cream
1 cup strawberry jam
1 cup diced fresh strawberries
1 tsp vanilla essence
150 gms powdered white sugar
For The Strawbery Surprise Filling
1 cup fresh strawberries
1 cinnamon (dalchini) stick
50 gms sugar
3 cups water
Method
**For the tart base
**For the cream
For the strawbery surprise filling
How to proceed
**For the tart base
- **For the tart base
- Grind the cookies in a food processor, or crush them with a rolling pin, till they reach a fine dust.
- Pour in the melted butter and mix very well.
- In a pie dish, or any flat deep glassware, pour in the tart base, and pack it in with fingers, till it forms a smooth and tight base with no holes. Refrigerate till it hardens, or 2 hours.
**For the cream
- **For the cream
- While the tart base sets, mix the cream cheese with the whipping cream and sugar with a whip or a blender.
- Add the vanilla essence and strawberry jam and beat well.
- Add the diced strawberries, and fold carefully, to ensure that the beaten cream does not loose its fluffiness. refrigerate till needed.
For the strawbery surprise filling
- For the strawbery surprise filling
- In a deep vessel,boil the sugar, cinnamon and water to form a simple syrup.
- Add the strawberries and boil till cooked but not mushy, and the syrup turns pink. This can be tested with toothpicks. Drain the berries and reserve 1 cup of the pink syrup.
- Boil down the reserved syrup to a thicker consistency. it should go down to about half cup.
How to proceed
- How to proceed
- To assemble, take out the ready tart base.
- Spoon half the strawberry cream onto the base, and level with a flat tool.
- Slice and arrange the poached strawberries over this slayer.
- Cover with another layer of the strawberry cream.
- Make peaks on the top layer by pushing up the cream with a fork or spoon. Drizzle the strawberry syrup in whimsical patterns over the top.
- Slice and serve cold.
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