Toffee Coffee Tartlets Food

SAMOA TARTLETS

Steps:

• Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Grease a 12-cup muffin pan with butter.
• Pulse the flour, 1/4 cup coconut, brown sugar and salt in a food processor until combined. Add the cold butter and pulse until the mixture resembles wet sand with pea-sized pieces, about 5 times. Put 1 heaping tablespoon of the mixture in each muffin cup and press to make even rounds. Bake until the crusts are golden, about 20 minutes.
• Remove the pan from the oven and sprinkle the chocolate evenly over each crust. Turn off the oven; return the pan to the oven to melt the chocolate, about 3 minutes. Sprinkle each crust with 1 tablespoon of the remaining coconut. Cool slightly, then freeze crusts in the pan until set, about 15 minutes.
• With a thin spatula, gently remove each crust from the muffin pan. Top with a small scoop of coconut ice cream, drizzle with dulce de leche and garnish with more coconut.

COFFEE TOFFEE TART

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 9-inch round fluted tart pan with removable bottom with no-stick cooking spray.
• COMBINE shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla. Sift flour into small bowl; add to shortening mixture. Mix on low speed until mixed.
• TRANSFER to lightly floured surface; shape into disk. Press onto bottom and up sides of prepared pan (make sure the finished edge is flat). Chill until firm.
• PLACE a square of aluminum foil over crust; fill shell with 2 cups dried beans or rice to keep crust flat. Bake 20 minutes. Remove foil and beans; bake about 20 minutes longer or until lightly browned. Cool.
• HEAT 3/4 cup cream and 1 tablespoon shortening in microwave in medium bowl until boiling (about 90 seconds). Add chocolate chips; whisk until smooth. Set aside.
• RESERVE 1/2 cup chocolate mixture. Pour remainder into cooled crust. Refrigerate 1 hour. Remove from refrigerator. Beat cream cheese in large bowl with electric mixer until fluffy.
• ADD remaining 1/2 cup cream, 1 cup whipped topping, coffee crystals, cocoa powder and powdered sugar. Beat on high 2 minutes (or until coffee has dissolved), scraping down sides occasionally.
• STIR in 1/2 cup toffee bits. Spread over chocolate layer. Refrigerate 2 hours (or overnight, if desired). Spread remaining whipped topping over coffee layer; sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup toffee bits.
• CUT tart into 8 slices; place slices on serving plates. Place remaining chocolate mixture in small resealable plastic food storage bag. Microwave until warm. Cut small corner off bag; squeeze to drizzle over tart slices; serve.

COFFEE-TOFFEE ICE CREAM TART

Steps:

• Make crust and filling:
• Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter 9-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Mix cookie crumbs and cinnamon in medium bowl. Add melted butter and stir until crumbs are evenly moistened. Press crumb mixture firmly onto bottom and up sides of prepared pan. Bake until crust is set, about 9 minutes. Cool completely.
• Sprinkle 2 tablespoons chopped toffee over cooled crust. Spread ice cream evenly in crust. Freeze until firm, at least 4 hours or overnight.
• Make topping:
• Combine cream and butter in medium saucepan. Bring to simmer. Remove from heat. Add white chocolate; let stand 1 minute. Stir until chocolate is melted and smooth. Mix in vanilla. Let topping stand until cool and slightly thickened but still pourable, about 15 minutes.
• Pour white chocolate topping over ice cream tart; tilt pan to cover top of tart completely. Freeze until topping is firm, about 1 hour. Sprinkle remaining toffee over. Freeze until tart is firm, about 4 hours. (Can be prepared 5 days ahead. Cover tightly and keep frozen.)
• Using small knife, carefully loosen crust from pan sides. Gently push up tart bottom to release tart and serve.

STICKY TOFFEE TARTS

Steps:

• For the filling, put the chopped dates and milk in a pan. Bring to the boil, then set aside for 30 mins.
• To make the pastry, put the butter and flour in a food processor and whizz to fine crumbs. Pulse in the sugar. Mix the vanilla and egg yolk with 1 tbsp water, then dribble in while whizzing, to bring the pastry together. If it doesn't come together, whizz in a trickle more water.
• Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface to line 6 individual deep tart tins with an overhang. Prick the bottoms and chill for 20 mins.
• To make the sauce, melt all the ingredients together, then bubble for 2-5 mins until saucy. Cool.
• Heat oven to 200C/180C/fan 6. Line each tart case with crumpled baking parchment, add some baking beans and blind-bake for 15 mins. Remove paper and beans, and bake for 5 mins more until biscuity. Trim the pastry edges.
• Spoon 1 tbsp of the sauce into each tart case. Mash the reserved date mixture with a potato masher, then tip into a bowl with the softened butter, vanilla, flour, bicarb, almonds, eggs, sugar and treacle. Whisk together with an electric whisk until just combined, then divide between tart cases.
• Reduce oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3 and bake for 15 mins. Cool a little before turning out. Serve tarts warm topped with scoops of vanilla ice cream and drizzled with sticky toffee sauce.

COFFEE TOFFEE ICE CREAM TART

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, mixi the flour, sugar, cocoa, and salt together.
• With your fingers, mush the butter pieces into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles big crumbs.
• Blend the egg in to make the dough soft. Omit if you don't plan on eating much of the crust.
• Flatten the dough into a small disk, wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refridgerate for at least 1 hour.
• Grease a 9.5" tart pan and mold the refridgerated dough into it, make sure it's smooth on the bottom.
• Bake for 15-25 minutes at 350 or until fully set.
• Let the crust completely cool off before trying to add the filling- I prefer to just refridgerate it again for another 30-40 minutes.
• Let the ice cream sit out for about 5-10 minutes so it softens a bit.
• Scoop into the finished tart crust and smooth on top.
• Top with the toffee pieces and white chocolate shavings.
• Cut with a thick pizza cutter or a large ginsu knife, into 8ths.
• If it starts to soften, put in the freezer for 5-10 minutes; and store any uneaten pieces in the freezer and let thaw 5-6 minutes before eating.

APPLE-TOFFEE TARTLETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Let piecrusts stand according to package directions. In a medium bowl, combine apples, toffee pieces, brown sugar, melted butter, and salt. Set aside.
• On a lightly floured surface, unroll one piecrust at a time. Using a round 3-inch cookie cutter, cut out dough. Reroll scraps once to cut enough additional rounds to make 24 total. Press dough rounds into 24 ungreased 1-3/4-inch muffin cups. Spoon about 1 tablespoon of the apple mixture into each cup.
• Bake in the preheated oven about 18 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Remove from muffin cups and cool completely on a wire rack. If desired, sprinkle cookies with powdered sugar. Makes 24 tartlets.
• To Store: Layer cookies between waxed paper in an airtight container; cover. Store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.

COFFEE TOFFEE TART

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F Spray 9-inch round fluted tart pan with removable bottom with no-stick cooking spray.
• Combine shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla. Sift flour into small bowl; add to shortening mixture. Mix on low speed until mixed.
• Transfer to lightly floured surface; shape into disk. Press onto bottom and up sides of prepared pan (make sure the finished edge is flat). Chill until firm.
• Place a square of aluminum foil over crust; fill shell with 2 cups dried beans or rice to keep crust flat. Bake 20 minutes. Remove foil and beans; bake about 20 minutes longer or until lightly browned. Cool.
• Heat 3/4 cup cream and 1 tablespoon shortening in microwave in medium bowl until boiling (about 90 seconds). Add chocolate chips; whisk until smooth. Set aside.
• Reserve 1/2 cup chocolate mixture. Pour remainder into cooled crust. Refrigerate 1 hour. Remove from refrigerator. Beat cream cheese in large bowl with electric mixer until fluffy.
• Add remaining 1/2 cup cream, 1 cup whipped topping, coffee crystals, cocoa powder, and powdered sugar. Beat on high 2 minutes (or until coffee has dissolved), scraping down sides occasionally.
• Stir in 1/2 cup toffee bits. Spread over chocolate layer. Refrigerate 2 hours (or overnight, if desired). Spread remaining whipped topping over coffee layer; sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup toffee bits.
• Cut tart into 8 slices; place slices on serving plates. Place remaining chocolate mixture in small resealable plastic food storage bag. Microwave until warm. Cut small corner off bag; squeeze to drizzle over tart slices; serve.

COFFEE-TOFFEE ICE CREAM TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Butter 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom.
• Mix cookie crumbs and cinnamon in medium bowl.
• Add melted butter and stir until crumbs are very moistened.
• Press crumb mixture onto bottom and up sides of prepared pan.
• Bake until crust is set about 9 minutes.
• Cool completely.
• Sprinkle 2 tablespoons chopped toffee over cooled crust.
• Spread ice cream evenly in crust.
• Freeze for at least 4 hours or until firm.
• Combine cream and butter in a medium saucepan.
• Bring to simmer.
• Remove from heat and add white chocolate; let stand 1 minute.
• Stir until chocolate is melted and smooth.
• Mix in vanilla.
• Let topping stand until cool and slightly thickened but still pourable about 15 minutes.
• Pour white chocolate topping over ice cream tart; tilt pan to cover top of tart completely.
• Freeze until topping is firm, about 1 hour.
• Sprinkle remaining toffee over.
• Freeze until tart is firm for about four hours.
• Use small knife carefully loosen crust from pan sides.
• Gently push up tart bottom to release tart and serve.