White Chocolate Cranberry Almond Tart Recipes

CRANBERRY WHITE CHOCOLATE TART

Steps:

• For the crust add oats and almonds into a food processor. Pulse until combined and add maple syrup and coconut oil. Process into a moist mixture. Firmly press dough into the tart and press up on the sides as well. Bake at 350F for about 10-15 minutes until crust appears golden brown. Let sit for about 5-10 minutes and then transfer onto a cooling rack. In a small saucepan add cranberries, water and maple syrup. Simmer for about 10-15 minutes over low-medium heat until cranberries have broken down. With a hand mixer puree cranberries and add a little bit of water if sauce is too thick. Add 1 tsp of agar agar powder (or gelatin powder) and simmer for another 5 minutes over low-medium heat. Set aside to cool for a couple minutes, then spread cranberry jam/sauce into the crust (½ way full) and let set in the fridge for another 15 minutes. In the meantime prepare the white chocolate layer. Melt white chocolate and cacao butter in a small saucepan over low heat and set aside. In a food processor or high speed blender add cashews, maple syrup and coconut milk. Process until completely smooth. Add melted chocolate/cacao butter and process until combined. Pour white chocolate mixture into the tart and let set in the refrigerator for about 2-3 hours. Garnish with sugar coated cranberries and white chocolate chips and serve immediately. Store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

CRANBERRY ALMOND WHITE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl using a hand-held mixer or stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat the butter, brown sugar, and sugar together on medium speed until combined and creamy- about 2-3 minutes. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed.
• Add the eggs and vanilla. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed. With the mixer on low speed, add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients in about 1/4 cup increments (for less mess) until just combined. The cookie dough will be thick and sticky.
• With the mixer on low, beat in the cranberries, almonds and chocolate chips. Gently roll balls of dough, 2 Tablespoons of dough each, into balls without compacting them. I find that using a cookie scoop works best- here's the one I own and LOVE. Bake for 11 minutes, until golden brown around the edges. The cookies will look soft.
• Allow the cookies to cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling. If desired, while the cookies are still warm, press a few extra cranberries and chocolate chips into the tops. Cookies stay fresh covered at room temperature for up to 1 week.

WHITE CHOCOLATE CRANBERRY ALMOND TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Place almonds and sugar in a food processor; pulse until almonds are ground. Add flour and salt; pulse until blended. Transfer mixture to a small bowl; stir in melted butter and cream. Press onto bottom and up sides of an ungreased 9-in. fluted tart pan with removable bottom., Bake 15-18 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven; sprinkle baking chips evenly over bottom. Cool on a wire rack., In a saucepan, combine filling ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, simmer, uncovered, 10-15 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally. Pour over baking chips., Bake 20-25 minutes or until filling is bubbly and crust is golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Refrigerate 2 hours or until cold. , In a microwave, melt baking chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Drizzle over tart. Sprinkle with almonds.

WHITE CHOCOLATE-RASPBERRY TART, WITH ALMONDS AND PISTACHIOS

Steps:

• You will need a tart pan with a removable bottom that has been lined with baking parchment.
• Roast the nuts by popping them into a medium oven for 10 minutes or so, until they are just going brown - keep a close eye on them. Put to one side.
• For the tart crust, put the flour, sugar and butter into a food processor and pulse until you have fine crumbs. Add the egg and 2 tablespoons of the water and pulse until a dough ball starts to come together, add the rest of the water gradually until you have a smooth dough. (you may need more or less water).
• Shape the dough into a disk, pop into a plastic bag and let it rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.
• When rested, place the dough onto a floured surface and roll it out to fit the tart pan. Trim excess pastry and chill for 20 minutes.
• Heat the oven to 350ºF while the pastry is chilling. After removing the case from the fridge, pop a piece of foil or baking parchment onto the crust and fill with baking beans or pie weights. Bake for about 15-20 minutes, edges should be just tuning brown, remove the weights and cook for 5-10 minutes more, or until golden. Remove from oven and cool completely on a wire rack.
• For the tart filling:.
• Spread the raspberries evenly over the tart crust, sprinkle half the almonds and pistachios over the raspberries.
• In a double boiler, over a gentle heat, melt the chocolate and butter. Stir gently and remove from heat, add the vanilla/almond extract and the cream and stir gently until mixed.
• Pour the chocolate cream over the raspberries and nuts, work quickly as the chocolate will begin to set, smooth top with a spatula or spoon.
• Immediately sprinkle with remaining nuts.
• Refrigerate for 4-5 hours and remove from fridge 30 minutes before serving, dust with icing sugar.
• Notes: If you prefer you can omit the pistachios and another variation is to replace the raspberries with blueberries, although I have not tried it this way. You must use fresh fruit, not frozen. Time does not include refrigeration time.

CRANBERRY ALMOND MACAROONS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 325. Prepare a cookie sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
• Optional step: Process the coconut in the food processor for a few seconds to create more finely textured coconut and more evenly shaped macaroons.
• With a whisk, stand mixer, or hand mixer, beat the egg whites in a large mixing bowl until thick and foamy and soft peaks begin to form -- this means when you lift up the beater or whisk, soft peaks will barely hold their shape and curl over onto themselves.
• Whisk the salt and vanilla extract into the egg whites.
• Add the coconut, sweetened condensed milk, cranberries, almonds, and 1/2 cup white chocolate chips to the bowl of egg whites. Fold the egg whites into the rest of the ingredients until completely combined.
• With a cookie scoop, portion out cookies onto the prepared baking sheet. Use wet fingers to shape the macaroons into round balls and tuck in any stray coconut shreds.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Let the macaroons cool on the pan for about 3 minutes, then transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Melt 1/2 cup white chocolate chips and shortening in the microwave for 30 seconds. Stir. Microwave in 10-second increments until melted and smooth. With a spoon, drizzle white chocolate over macaroons and let them set. I like to place the cookies on a wire rack over a baking sheet to catch the chocolate drizzles and to keep from creating a pool of chocolate at the base of the macaroons.